Bug 1822831
Summary: | rtl8761b mis-identified as rtl8761a | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Zamir SUN <sztsian> |
Component: | linux-firmware | Assignee: | David Woodhouse <dwmw2> |
Status: | CLOSED UPSTREAM | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | unspecified | ||
Version: | 31 | CC: | antonio.petrelli, dwmw2, jforbes, jwboyer, kernel-maint, labbott, pbrobinson, zsun |
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Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
OS: | Unspecified | ||
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Last Closed: | 2020-04-10 12:02:08 UTC | Type: | Bug |
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Description
Zamir SUN
2020-04-10 03:23:06 UTC
This needs to be fixed by the hardware vendor in the upstream linux-firmware repository following the upstream process, once that is done Fedora will get it in the next upstream monthly release. Thanks. In the mean time, with the help from my friend, I've managed to get it working by hacking into the btrtl kernel module. I'll work with my friend to see if this can go upstream or not. Oh to be clear, missing *_config.bin is *not* the actual issue. The actual issue is that this not actually rtl8761a. The Linux kernel detect this as rtl8761a but it is actually different. So it's a kernel fix required. I've sent out the patch. https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11483367/ As the firmware comes from the Windows driver CD, I don't know if I can share the firmware or not, so I've send email to linux-firmware. If they say I can share it, I'll also share the patch here for reference. In the mean time, I'm changing the bug summary to denote what's really going on and in case it helps the other users. HTH. Hello sorry for the stupid question, but was the real firmware put in the firmware package? (In reply to Antonio Petrelli from comment #6) > Hello > sorry for the stupid question, but was the real firmware put in the firmware > package? No, the firmware do not have a clear license so I cannot share it publicly, and that also means I cannot send it to the linux-firmware. We tried to contact Realtek but no feedback till now. For future reference, the kernel part is merged in 5.8.0 already. Thanks Zamir, but I just managed to make it work by downloading a package online that contained the rtl8761b firmware, with kernel 5.8.0. I don't know if I am permitted to share it here, though (only the procedure, not the actual files). (In reply to Antonio Petrelli from comment #8) > Thanks Zamir, but I just managed to make it work by downloading a package > online that contained the rtl8761b firmware, with kernel 5.8.0. I don't know > if I am permitted to share it here, though (only the procedure, not the > actual files). Please don't we can't take it form here to include upstream. Ideally it would be realtek submitting it upstream to linux-firmware for inclusion. |