[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.18.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 366344f2e5979ed4d6f6f60c3389a41ef15468e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:11:26 -0600
Subject: rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware

commit 62009b7f12793c932aaba0df946b04cb4a77d022 upstream.

Vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404 introduced
new firmware for these chips. The code try for the new file, and fall back to
the original firmware if the new file is not available.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c         | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h         |  1 +
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
index be33aa1..77e4a58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
@@ -46,10 +46,20 @@ void rtl_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
 			 "Firmware callback routine entered!\n");
 	complete(&rtlpriv->firmware_loading_complete);
 	if (!firmware) {
+		if (rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name) {
+			err = request_firmware(&firmware,
+					       rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name,
+					       rtlpriv->io.dev);
+			pr_info("Loading alternative firmware %s\n",
+				rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name);
+			if (!err)
+				goto found_alt;
+		}
 		pr_err("Firmware %s not available\n", rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name);
 		rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0;
 		return;
 	}
+found_alt:
 	if (firmware->size > rtlpriv->max_fw_size) {
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
 			 "Firmware is too big!\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
index 873754b..07ab292 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Larry Finger	<Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n USB wireless");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin");

 static int rtl92cu_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 {
@@ -68,14 +71,21 @@ static int rtl92cu_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 			 "Can't alloc buffer for fw\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
-
+	if (IS_VENDOR_UMC_A_CUT(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version) &&
+	    !IS_92C_SERIAL(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version)) {
+		rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin";
+	} else if (IS_81xxC_VENDOR_UMC_B_CUT(rtlpriv->rtlhal.version)) {
+		rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin";
+	} else {
+		rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin";
+	}
+	/* provide name of alternative file */
+	rtlpriv->cfg->alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin";
 	pr_info("Loading firmware %s\n", rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name);
 	rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0x4000;
 	err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1,
 				      rtlpriv->cfg->fw_name, rtlpriv->io.dev,
 				      GFP_KERNEL, hw, rtl_fw_cb);
-
-
 	return err;
 }

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
index 88732e7..30f96ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -1640,6 +1640,7 @@ struct rtl_hal_cfg {
 	bool write_readback;
 	char *name;
 	char *fw_name;
+	char *alt_fw_name;
 	struct rtl_hal_ops *ops;
 	struct rtl_mod_params *mod_params;
 	struct rtl_hal_usbint_cfg *usb_interface_cfg;
--
1.8.3.2