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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 46CB2C4740C for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 15:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164E72089F for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 15:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="qet3NXCt" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388492AbfIIPiH (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Sep 2019 11:38:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-f48.google.com ([209.85.210.48]:43952 "EHLO mail-ot1-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729555AbfIIPiH (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Sep 2019 11:38:07 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-f48.google.com with SMTP id b2so12847328otq.10 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:38:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=K1xwi8+JOCMR2E8JkZppzCdMLdyqRwmm4CxCMDZeHO0=; b=qet3NXCtw+8vuwQdsL0WdyKQFseT/OvWmtTTNNZObZIMvWCIpp6MEaaFbEBUKuExJV djS5wLBsi9b7NR6Si+kwBltTtnO2Ea08sF5Cl0J3j/TnTuhURaR6d1sNzkJnqQBD49xb KYhrTODESyNrkIO3/Cid6wuZNyNl7YNxaXTilvuWxCUNcQVUnLf1yoCEC9F+nNEG8PuF bk7jIsDPJX3U2jB9RIZYV/wzSHt/KcfHChzraTMwhPhI+1rTbLIYLo65nrA2OUNjPZqg C1dhqsYZhrDzaDYwR8xnbXMqYtgyQO72uiSaXXNtiGvIl1gHXMjzDtVhzGGUZhtEfmJO MB1Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=K1xwi8+JOCMR2E8JkZppzCdMLdyqRwmm4CxCMDZeHO0=; b=XUZWWuzmGEkJf9w8wAlyMIJzNUxVEis+mUEzAUG2tn3hUMMTBrY0QkadxBGnXWva5l hF1SULc8iP8WF+lU/NALEY28ISLPcuCbRciwSsOfu7N7PQoQ+VPggNp4MgFbQLDVXLv9 OadTWVRBLKVr5l9b0el5ZUHEeXgIdabBW6NB1EUEnEFerBXEfsVivSQWdgUP2PqXvcD5 d+cA0lpFp7ODsIIVJ3d+dos5414OH120FrBwpXEXrZJbGR8ppa1/lpp+L69YJ/NxtJMh PE+MLqNdTUBUq1E8EEecL7jHpy/GAPByDV72YRlyHL9xsWLwZEIZ20N3d6nvX7WAdSxh ad3g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVoNHxQkUup1VR2snpWZr0b8gCbrVHUK6oCI3c5Dgr2PfN7UJIj QSr+IWcLF7tP4G1tTJsAZSW51lMu X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwGgW5GDz+cVgim42KMyGUub+AmR/B9B2Zff5WHtR/pGURECji3c5XmnPa+HeL54qcDJ52pCg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1643:: with SMTP id h3mr4362844otr.170.1568043485975; Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.112] (cpe-24-31-245-230.kc.res.rr.com. [24.31.245.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k2sm4555789oih.38.2019.09.09.08.38.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Fwd: Asus x540m - RTL8723befw.bin and rtl8723befw_36.bin To: Joerg Kampmann , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: kyle@kernel.org References: <12353dc2-5beb-7d65-54ee-5dd6cdd4fc47@ibk-consult.de> From: Larry Finger Message-ID: <746c6c58-04a1-42b6-9657-197677d173cd@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 10:38:04 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <12353dc2-5beb-7d65-54ee-5dd6cdd4fc47@ibk-consult.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 9/9/19 9:32 AM, Joerg Kampmann wrote: > Hallo I just posted a remark on Github concerning the above firmware! I applied > it on Debian 10 (buster) Linux ... Any idea on the causes of the fault? > *firmware is too big* > > The machine is a notebook from ASUS: X540M - this notebook has only 3 USB-slots > no LAN, no CD drive -- Debian buster requires during installation: rtlwifi/ No. Both those firmware files work just fine on my openSUSE system. The md5sums for the firmware are as follows: 1850c1308fbcd95e9f6a7f58ede1e35f /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin a2c544e90d41fa9097b18ba86f11bec9 /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin.xz bc828ddc6cd700abb79a8df5794bcf04 /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin 7c310f301623cf16211ef5b4a3a3078d /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin.xz The sizes for the uncompressed modules are: 31762 /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin 30746 /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin Larry