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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] rtlwifi: v88.2 firmware files for RTL8192CU
To:     Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>, Chris Chiu <chiu@endlessm.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
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On 9/14/20 3:19 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:58 AM Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> The vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.1_6911.20130308 includes
> 
> Where can one get that driver?  It's unclear to me what the terms and
> conditions around its usage are, and therefore I can't tell if
> deriving values from this driver are permitted.

This driver was available on the official Realtek servers before they
prevented accessing their FTP servers [0][1]. Luckly, someone mirrored
its content on GitHub [2], which is also where I got the driver from [3].

> If you can get an Ack from someone from Realtek, or someone that

I have no contacts to anyone at Realtek. Not sure if "cold" e-mailing
random people there would be helpful.

> normally maintains the upstream drivers, that would go a long way.

Jes Sorensen, the maintainer of rtl8xxxu redirected me to Chris Chiu in
order to get (paid) work done on rtl8xxxu (which includes testing this
FW). Does this help?

Kind regards,
Reto

[0]
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/ftp3-realtek-com-tw.72385/#post-1581267
[1] https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/issues/275
[2] https://github.com/XAIOThaifeng/realtek-linux
[3]
https://github.com/XAIOThaifeng/realtek-linux/tree/370738ceb9efa42c31ecdcb4db90ee0d6d064004/RTL8188C_8192C/USB/v4.0

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