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The vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.1_6911.20130308 includes
new firmware files. These were extracted from data statements in that
driver to form these files.

Before this update, with version 80 of the firmware, the USB interface
of the RTL8192CU WLAN controller often locked itself up:
 usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
 usb 1-2: device not accepting address 4, error -110
 usb 1-2: device not accepting address 5, error -110
 usb usb1-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
 usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
 usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

On ARMv5 based GARDENA smart gateways running Linux 4.19.78, this can
be reliably reproduced by rebooting (warm) the gateway multiple times
(max. 50 attempts needed).
Unlike users having this issues on a USB Wi-Fi dongle, resetting of the
chip by replugging is not an option on this gateway due to the lack of
any power cut functionality. Therefore, a (cold) reboot of the whole
gateway is needed.

Updating the firmware of the RTL8192CU WLAN controller from version
v80.0 to v88.2 (as per output of rtl8xxxu) resolves this issue.
The problem did no show up anymore for 1000 restarts.

Please note:
 - Only rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin tested (mainly on rtl8xxxu)
 - rtl8192cu seems to work as well as before, but I can not rule out
   that this new firmware version brings unwanted changes.
   The Realtek drivers containing v88.2 of the firmware
   (v4.0.1_6911.20130308 to v4.0.9_25039.20171107) have some changes
   compared to the version v3.4.2_3727.20120404, for which I do not know
   if those should be reflected in rtl8192cu.

Unrelated of the initially described USB problem, another issue still
remains after updating the firmware: Using the rtl8192cu driver,
scanning for available SSIDs yields no more results after a few hundred
scans (iw wlan0 scan). rtl8xxxu does not suffer from this problem.
Signed-off-by: Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Tested-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@endlessos.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>

Although the RTL8812AE uses the same driver as the RTL8821AE, it uses
slightly different firmware, which was never sent to linux-firmware before.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>

A driver for the RTL8723DE is nearing submission to staging. This commit supplies
the firmware for it.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>

A driver for the RTL8822BE has been added to staging. This commit supplies
the firmware for it.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This driver is being added for Fedora users, and will then be added
to the mainline kernel.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
c: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

The new versions will only work with new versions of the drivers. For
that reason, they are given new names and the old versions are retained.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This is v19 firmware for the rtl8192u. Support for this device is
currently under development and will be added to the rtl8xxxu driver.
This firmware occurs as data statements in Realtek vendor driver
rtl8192EU_linux_v4.3.1.1_11320.20140505
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This is v35 firmware for the rtl8723bu. Support for this device is
currently under development and will be added to the rtl8xxxu driver.
This firmware occurs as data statements in Realtek vendor driver
rtl8723BU_WiFi_linux_v4.3.16_14189.20150519_BTCOEX20150119-5844
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

Recent testing by Realtek found bugs in both the driver and firmware for
the RTL8192EE chips.
Signed-off-by: Troy Tan <troy_tan@realsil.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This version corresponds to the firmware in the vendor's driver labelled
rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628. Firmware rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin
is new with this release.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This version corresponds to the firmware in the vendor's driver labelled
rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This version corresponds to the firmware in the vendor's driver labelled
rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

The latest driver, labelled rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628,
has updated firmware for the RTL8192CE.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

This commit provides firmware for the RTL8723CE, which is in kernel 3.15.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

This firmware is for a driver for the Realtek RTL8192EE PCI WIFI device.
It came from a tarball from Realtek named
rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_8723be_92ee_linux_mac80211_0017.1224.2013.tar.gz
and is allowed to be distributed under the LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt license.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

We should change these permissions unless there is a reason to keep them
executable.
Signed-off-by: Connor Behan <connor.behan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

This firmware is for a driver for the Realtek 8821AE PCI WIFI device.
It came from a tarball from Realtek named
wifi_driver_8821ae_0018.1129.2013.tar.gz and is allowed to be
distributed under the LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt license.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
[bwh: Fix filename in WHENCE]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

This firmware is for a driver that will soon be submitted to the kernel.
It occurs as data statements in Realtek driver rtl8723A_WiFi_linux_v4.1.3_6044.20121224.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

The vendor driver RTL8188EUS_linux_v4.1.4_6773.20130222 contains
firmware in the form of data statements. This info has been extracted
into a binary file.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

The vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404
includes new firmware files. These were extracted from data statements
in that driver to form these files.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Although the newest firmware for the RTL8192SU, which is found in vendor
driver rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404, works with most
devices, it causes drops of the wireless connection for the ASUS WL-167G V3
(USB ID 0b05:1791), the D-Link DWA131 (07d1:3303), and probably others.
Tests show that the firmware from vendor driver
rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v7_0.20100831 works better.

This commerts reverts to that older firmware.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

The driver and firmware are new additions to the rtlwifi family of drivers.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

A new firmware file is used in the vendor driver with name/version
rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: rtl8192se: rtl8192de: Update to rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0004.0816.2011 driver

Realtek driver rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0004.0816.2011 introduced new
versions of the firmware for rtl8192se, and rtl8192de. It also adds new
firmware for new cuts of the RTL8192CE chips.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>