[LUCID] UBUNTU: Added rtl8192se driver to ubuntu/

[Tim Gardner]

Manoj Iyer wrote:
> 
> Added rtl8192se to ubuntu delta. I tested this module on my EEEPC 1201N
> http://launchpad.net/bugs/530275
> 
> A test kernel is available on my people page:
> http://people.canonical.com/~manjo/lp530275-lucid/
> 
> 
> The tarball downloaded from the realtek site also contains firmware 
> rtl8192sfw492.bin rtl8192sfw.bin files which need to go under 
> /lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/ on extracting the driver tarball and doing a 
> make, but in the request pull below, I changed the makefile not do 
> that because we carry firmware separately. Reading the note in 
> lucid/firmware/ says dont add firmware here. So:
> 
> 1. Can I copy the firmware from ubutun/rtl8192se/firmware/RTL8192SE/ to 
> /lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/ at build time? This is what the makefiles do 
> originally.
> 
> 2. or Can I put the firmware in lucid/firmware/ with a WHENCE file saying 
> this firmware is part of the tarball for rtl8192se? and this firmware is 
> not in the woodhouse tree?
> 
> 
> 
> The following changes since commit 
> 911a7bb73346f63655bd54ae20811d19b80f10b1:
>    Ping Cheng (1):
>          Input: wacom - add support for new LCD tablets
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
> 
> ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/ubuntu-lucid.git 
> lp530275
> 
> Manoj Iyer (2):
>        UBUNTU: Added rtl8192se driver to ubuntu/
>        UBUNTU: [Config] added CONFIG_RTL8192SE module.
> 
<snip>

The firmware must be in one of linux-firmware or linux-firmware-nonfree
depending on license terms.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com