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RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtw88: RTL8822C: add WoW firmware v7.3

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> From: Arend Van Spriel [mailto:arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> 
> On 8/7/2019 10:48 AM, yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add WoW firmware to support entering Wake on WirelessLAN mode
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v1 -> v2
> >     * update WHENCE file for new added firmware
> >
> >   WHENCE                    |   1 +
> >   rtw88/rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin | Bin 0 -> 138720 bytes
> >   2 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >   create mode 100755 rtw88/rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin
> 
> Just wondering: Is this a good approach? What firmware should distros
> pick? Is there a trade-off affecting other wifi functionality when using
> WoW firmware?
> 

If distros want to use WOW, they should pick both.

For Realtek devices such as RTL8822CE, it needs to "change/re-download"
the wow firmware to suspend with WOW functionalities. When resume,
switch back to normal firmware to run "normally".

I think the reason is the firmware size restriction. For newer devices,
maybe there is a larger space for firmware, and we don't need to swap
the FW like this :)

Yan-Hsuan




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