Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:14:12 -0500 | From | Larry Finger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi/rtl8712u Revert firmware |
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On 09/20/2012 05:31 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 11:26 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >> 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> > [...] > > This is the original blob added by: > > commit 8f919160792e4702c6b7a67a243cea4f757407e4 > Author: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> > Date: Mon Nov 1 23:56:52 2010 -0500 > > linux-firmware: Add firmware files for Realtek RTL8712U and RTL8192CE > > There have been two updates since then: > > commit f8ddc05e13c4c6dd9d725bc376b287f307eb223a > Author: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> > Date: Tue Aug 16 11:12:14 2011 -0500 > > rtlwifi: rtl8712u: Upgrade to firmware found in vendor's V2.6.6 > > commit d8f60751d3f09545f51aac5d8e451f7668063ebf > Author: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> > Date: Wed Jul 11 13:18:30 2012 -0500 > > r8712u: Update to latest firmware > > A new firmware file is used in the vendor driver with name/version > rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404. > > Sure you want to revert both of these, not just the latest?
Yes. Both of the updates work on my hardware (D-Link and Rosewill), but both fail on an ASUS WL-167g v3 as reported privately to me. I will work with Realtek and the OP to resolve the problem, and then update the fw once again.
Thanks,
Larry
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