From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6006C43463 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:00:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) id 9DA412100A; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:00:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mxout012.mail.hostpoint.ch (mxout012.mail.hostpoint.ch [217.26.49.172]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E7EB208C3 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:00:12 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0E7EB208C3 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=reto-schneider.ch Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=code@reto-schneider.ch Received: from [10.0.2.44] (helo=asmtp014.mail.hostpoint.ch) by mxout012.mail.hostpoint.ch with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1kJpaE-000Olu-Eo; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:00:10 +0200 Received: from [2a02:168:6182:1:c8fe:6df8:e928:a08a] by asmtp014.mail.hostpoint.ch with esmtpsa (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.3 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1kJpaE-0007Pq-Cj; Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:00:10 +0200 X-Authenticated-Sender-Id: reto-schneider@reto-schneider.ch Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] rtlwifi: v88.2 firmware files for RTL8192CU To: Josh Boyer , Chris Chiu , Larry Finger , Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com List-Id: Cc: Reto Schneider , Linux Firmware , linux-wireless References: <20200323024500.4090-1-code@reto-schneider.ch> <20200323225809.11594-1-code@reto-schneider.ch> <20200323225809.11594-2-code@reto-schneider.ch> From: Reto Schneider Autocrypt: addr=mail@reto-schneider.ch; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXsRRExYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAvw3GH8aeA8Pay1QqPdjlETAUDAa8WmHHXZRDk5a0DHa0 J1JldG8gU2NobmVpZGVyIDxtYWlsQHJldG8tc2NobmVpZGVyLmNoPoiYBBMWCgBAFiEEP2/t baSDn9KAkTQyv7k+j0IlhuAFAl7EURMCGwMFCQWjmoAICwkNCAwHCwoFFQoJCAsEFgMCAQIe AQIXgAAKCRC/uT6PQiWG4IsVAP9xonMRrcrTBWFxPMjEYVWUMHi8BssqkzMdc1QQXwpCKwEA qdBF1odOUr4SUHVQmadIE5eRpF9MbyBMQdR3ms8DrQ64OARexFETEgorBgEEAZdVAQUBAQdA 6PW5+rUjfrKbl3623SR35Drobzij2XjkGFY6zswMz3EDAQgHiH4EGBYKACYWIQQ/b+1tpIOf 0oCRNDK/uT6PQiWG4AUCXsRREwIbDAUJBaOagAAKCRC/uT6PQiWG4IyHAQCqmjwBTGyVAfLZ OVQSUPqSlu/RGcCWPQFEXP+Be2mdNQEA05ScK4+GgAShVE8wUObbpjdl/u5djZF8hEGQR3Ke Vws= Message-ID: <744509e3-d3f6-21bd-3f6b-83a93d88d7df@reto-schneider.ch> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:00:09 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------8477E11C88D70A63090BD0B6" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8477E11C88D70A63090BD0B6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 9/14/20 3:19 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:58 AM Reto Schneider wrote: >>> >>> The vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.1_6911.20130308 includes > > Where can one get that driver? It's unclear to me what the terms and > conditions around its usage are, and therefore I can't tell if > deriving values from this driver are permitted. This driver was available on the official Realtek servers before they prevented accessing their FTP servers [0][1]. Luckly, someone mirrored its content on GitHub [2], which is also where I got the driver from [3]. > If you can get an Ack from someone from Realtek, or someone that I have no contacts to anyone at Realtek. Not sure if "cold" e-mailing random people there would be helpful. > normally maintains the upstream drivers, that would go a long way. Jes Sorensen, the maintainer of rtl8xxxu redirected me to Chris Chiu in order to get (paid) work done on rtl8xxxu (which includes testing this FW). Does this help? 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