[PATCH 4.9 16/60] rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Fix loading of incorrect firmware

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Feb 13 2017 - 08:26:06 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jurij Smakov <jurij@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 52f5631a4c056ad01682393be56d2be237e81610 upstream.

In commit cf4747d7535a ("rtlwifi: Fix regression caused by commit
d86e64768859, an error in the edit results in the wrong firmware
being loaded for some models of the RTL8188/8192CE. In this condition,
the connection suffered from high ping latency, slow transfer rates,
and required higher signal strengths to work at all

See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853073,
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017471, and
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/issues/203 for descriptions
of the problems. This patch fixes all of those problems.

Fixes: cf4747d7535a ("rtlwifi: Fix regression caused by commit d86e64768859")
Signed-off-by: Jurij Smakov <jurij@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int rtl92c_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211
struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
struct rtl_pci *rtlpci = rtl_pcidev(rtl_pcipriv(hw));
struct rtl_hal *rtlhal = rtl_hal(rtl_priv(hw));
- char *fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin";
+ char *fw_name;

rtl8192ce_bt_reg_init(hw);

@@ -168,8 +168,13 @@ int rtl92c_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211
}

/* request fw */
- if (IS_81XXC_VENDOR_UMC_B_CUT(rtlhal->version))
+ if (IS_VENDOR_UMC_A_CUT(rtlhal->version) &&
+ !IS_92C_SERIAL(rtlhal->version))
+ fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin";
+ else if (IS_81XXC_VENDOR_UMC_B_CUT(rtlhal->version))
fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin";
+ else
+ fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin";

rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0x4000;
pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", fw_name);