On 8/7/2019 11:53 AM, Tony Chuang wrote:
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>
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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 :)
Interesting approach and I would mention this in the commit message or
add a README in rtw88 folder explaining it. Not sure whether distros
look at commit messages.
Regards,
Arend
