Sven Joachim <svenjoac@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of
> firmware") added code to load an old firmware file if the new one is
> not available. Unfortunately that code is never reached because
> request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for the firmware to show up
> and returns 0 even if the file is not there.
>
> Use the existing fallback mechanism introduced by commit 62009b7f1279
> ("rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware") instead.
>
> Fixes: f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of firmware")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@xxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
1d9b168d8ea9 rtlwifi: Fix fallback firmware loading
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