Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 10:44:10 +0200
From: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: rtl8192ce: activation problem with rtl8188ce pci card
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On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:04:56 -0500, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote :

> Perhaps Chaoming knows something about this output. All I know is that you now 
> have the latest driver.
> 
> If you apply the attached patch, it will log the firmware name. That will tell 
> us what cut you have. If you have quilt installed, you can "quilt import 
> filename" and "quilt push", otherwise just use the patch utility. I checked and 
> the version of the firmware files in this driver match those in the 
> linux-firmware git repo.

firmware is rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin (UMC B CUT)

> 
>  From your name and E-mail address, I would guess you are in France. If you were 
Indeed.

> in the US, I would send you one of my standard cards in exchange for yours so 
> that I could sort out the driver for it. Perhaps that would still work.

I can send you a card. Please contact me in private. There's also no
guarantee that it freezes on your laptops.

Regarding your previous thought of it being an SMP/locking related issue:
I tried disabling the second core in the BIOS (/proc/cpuinfo only shows
one CPU) : no change.

Anisse