> -----Original Message----- > From: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:30 PM > To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-firmware@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jes > Sorensen <jes.sorensen@xxxxxxxxx>; Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: update firmware for rtl8192eu to v35.7 > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 8:10 AM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 9:27 AM James Hilliard > > <james.hilliard1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > This is v35.7 firmware for the rtl8192eu. > > > > > > This adds 2 new firmware variants extracted from vendor drivers that > > > were not previously present: > > > rtl8192eu_ap.bin > > > rtl8192eu_nic_setupbox.bin I think these two are not suitable to rtl8xxxu, so I suggest to ignore them. > > > > > > These firmware files occurs as data statements in the latest Realtek > > > vendor driver I found for the rtl8192eu in addition to some older > > > vendor driver releases: > > > rtl8192EU_WiFi_linux_v5.11.2.1-18-g8e7df912b.20210527_COEX20171113-0047 > > > > I have no idea what this is, nor is there any indication that Realtek > > wants these published to the linux-firmware repo under redistributable > > license terms. You've extracted firmware from elsewhere and are > > assuming it is licensed under the existing license, but there's no > > indication that's actually the case. The provenance of this firmware > > is questionable. > > I just extracted them from the vendor driver same as last time: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_n > ic.bin?id=91d5dd136153e0a199d7bf30fd03763d83586b73 > > The vendor file license just says GPLv2: > https://github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux/blob/5.11.2.1/hal/rtl8192e/hal8192e_fw.c > I'm not a lawyer, no idea about this. I hope someone can comment this. > > > > I've copied Ping-Ke Shih in case they have some insight here, but I > > can't really take this patch as it is based on what is represented > > here. An ack or Signed-off-by from someone at Realtek would go a long > > way. I think I can take patches related to Realtek firmware to my github tree, and send out pull-request after checking content of firmware patch. Does it work to you, Josh? > > > > josh > > > > > Note that the existing rtl8192eu_ap_wowlan.bin firmware header > > > indicates it is actually v18.0 and not v19.0 as indicated by the > > > commit that introduced it 91d5dd136153e0a199d7bf30fd03763d83586b73, > > > as such it is marked as version 18.0. > > > > > > So far I have managed to find the following firmware versions for the > > > rtl8192eu in various vendor driver releases: > > > v18.0 > > > v19.0 > > > v27.0 > > > v35.7 > > > > > > The rtl8192eu_ap_wowlan.bin firmware does not appear to have received > > > any updates unlike the other rtl8192eu firmware variants. > > > > > > Previous firmware load in rtl8xxxu: > > > rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin > > > Firmware revision 19.0 (signature 0x92e1) > > > > > > Updated firmware load in rtl8xxxu: > > > rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin > > > Firmware revision 35.7 (signature 0x92e1) > > > > > > Cc: Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@xxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > WHENCE | 9 ++++++++- > > > rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_ap.bin | Bin 0 -> 25816 bytes > > > rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin | Bin 31818 -> 32286 bytes > > > rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic_setupbox.bin | Bin 0 -> 28554 bytes > > > rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_wowlan.bin | Bin 25878 -> 29008 bytes > > > 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > create mode 100644 rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_ap.bin > > > create mode 100644 rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic_setupbox.bin > > > > > > diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE > > > index 816cf7c..e7ae78a 100644 > > > --- a/WHENCE > > > +++ b/WHENCE > > > @@ -3257,12 +3257,19 @@ File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_wowlan.bin > > > File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_ap_wowlan.bin > > > > > > Info: rtl8192eu taken from Realtek driver > > > - rtl8192EU_linux_v4.3.1.1_11320.20140505 > > > + rtl8192EU_WiFi_linux_v5.11.2.1-18-g8e7df912b.20210527_COEX20171113-0047 > > > Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info > > > has been extracted into a binary file. > > > File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin > > > +Version: 35.7 > > > +File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic_setupbox.bin > > > +Version: 35.7 > > > File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_wowlan.bin > > > +Version: 35.7 > > > +File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_ap.bin > > > +Version: 35.7 > > > File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_ap_wowlan.bin > > > +Version: 18.0 > > > > > > Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details. > > > [...]
