Bug 1091753 - Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be)
Summary: Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be)
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: linux-firmware
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Josh Boyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-04-27 19:09 UTC by poma
Modified: 2014-06-12 06:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-05-17 13:26:30 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description poma 2014-04-27 19:09:25 UTC
$ modinfo rtl8723be
filename:       /lib/modules/3.15.0-0.rc2.git3.1.fc21.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/rtl8723be.ko
firmware:       rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
description:    Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless
license:        GPL
...

$ rpm -ql linux-firmware-20140317-37.gitdec41bce.fc21.noarch | grep rtl8723befw.bin
$ file /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
/usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin' (No such file or directory)

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2014-04-28 13:03:57 UTC
Thanks.  We'll update linux-firmware once it lands in the proper git tree.

Comment 3 poma 2014-05-17 13:26:30 UTC
This one I leave to you to care.

Comment 4 Josh Boyer 2014-05-20 16:09:42 UTC
Larry, in this thread you said you were sending the firmware for the rtl8723be devices to dwmw2's firmware tree:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=139863070509226&w=2

That tree doesn't actually exist and isn't used any longer.  Ben Hutchings maintains the linux-firmware tree now at:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/

Did you happen to send the firmware file to him in the iterim?

Comment 5 Larry Finger 2014-05-20 16:55:33 UTC
I tried to send it on April 27, but apparently it was not received.

I resent the patch to Ben yesterday.

Larry

Comment 6 Josh Boyer 2014-05-20 16:57:05 UTC
Great, thanks Larry.

Comment 7 poma 2014-06-04 23:01:41 UTC
Josh, let me help you once more, before 3.15 arises. :)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=9341fb9

author	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger>	2014-04-27 ...
committer	Ben Hutchings <ben.uk>	2014-06-03 ...

Finally!

BTW
"This commit provides firmware for the RTL8723CE, which is in kernel 3.15. "
should write
"This commit provides firmware for the RTL8723BE, which is in kernel 3.15. "

Comment 8 Josh Boyer 2014-06-05 13:11:19 UTC
Yes, I already built an updated linux-firmware package with this and noted this bug in it.  Thanks.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2014-06-05 13:45:40 UTC
linux-firmware-20140605-38.gita4f3bc03.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/linux-firmware-20140605-38.gita4f3bc03.fc20

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2014-06-05 13:47:02 UTC
linux-firmware-20140605-36.gita4f3bc03.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/linux-firmware-20140605-36.gita4f3bc03.fc19

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2014-06-12 06:26:49 UTC
linux-firmware-20140605-38.gita4f3bc03.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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