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| From | Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware |
| Date | 2017-07-28 13:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <u8bMC-36i-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <u5ihA-6PH-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Control: forwarded -1 https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150124050420053&w=2
On 2017-07-20 13:54 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.12.2-1~exp1
> Severity: important
>
> As of commit f70e4df2b384d21e36a7c30a591639592692e0ec, the rtl8723be
> driver uses a new firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin which is not
> packaged for Debian yet. There is fallback code to load the old
> firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin, but does not seem to work, for
> the wifi fails to come up on my laptop. :-(
AFAICS the problem is that request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for
the firmware to show up and returns 0 even if the file is not there, so
the code to load the fallback file will never be reached.
I have reported this upstream now.
Cheers,
Sven
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Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-20 14:00 +0200
Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-28 13:40 +0200
Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-08-05 17:20 +0200
Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2017-07-28 13:40 +0200
Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2017-08-05 17:20 +0200
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