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authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>2013-11-18 11:11:26 -0600
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2013-12-05 14:55:04 -0500
commit62009b7f12793c932aaba0df946b04cb4a77d022 (patch)
tree2dd5912260b890c414bc8b40568d2891c61e739d /drivers/net/wireless
parent8fd77aec1a9d6f4328fc0244f21932114e066df3 (diff)
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware
Vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404 introduced new firmware for these chips. The code try for the new file, and fall back to the original firmware if the new file is not available. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c16
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h1
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
index 210ce7cd94d8..8dc4d9308593 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
@@ -46,10 +46,20 @@ void rtl_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
"Firmware callback routine entered!\n");
complete(&rtlpriv->firmware_loading_complete);
if (!firmware) {
+ if (rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name) {
+ err = request_firmware(&firmware,
+ rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name,
+ rtlpriv->io.dev);
+ pr_info("Loading alternative firmware %s\n",
+ rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name);
+ if (!err)
+ goto found_alt;
+ }
pr_err("Firmware %s not available\n", rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name);
rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0;
return;
}
+found_alt:
if (firmware->size > rtlpriv->max_fw_size) {
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
"Firmware is too big!\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
index 9936de716ad5..8501954cfb44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n USB wireless");
MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin");
static int rtl92cu_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
{
@@ -69,14 +72,21 @@ static int rtl92cu_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
"Can't alloc buffer for fw\n");
return 1;
}
-
+ if (IS_VENDOR_UMC_A_CUT(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version) &&
+ !IS_92C_SERIAL(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version)) {
+ rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin";
+ } else if (IS_81xxC_VENDOR_UMC_B_CUT(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version)) {
+ rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin";
+ } else {
+ rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin";
+ }
+ /* provide name of alternative file */
+ rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin";
pr_info("Loading firmware %s\n", rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name);
rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0x4000;
err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1,
rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name, rtlpriv->io.dev,
GFP_KERNEL, hw, rtl_fw_cb);
-
-
return err;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
index 0c65386fa30d..0aa89fd89f35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -1804,6 +1804,7 @@ struct rtl_hal_cfg {
bool write_readback;
char *name;
char *fw_name;
+ char *alt_fw_name;
struct rtl_hal_ops *ops;
struct rtl_mod_params *mod_params;
struct rtl_hal_usbint_cfg *usb_interface_cfg;