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Need list of firmware
In order to improve the way we are handling the firmware, I need to remove most of the firmware files that are currently installed. To ensure that we still have the firmware needed to support for all the expected hardware, I need to ensure some files are added in - but I dont have access to most (all?) of the required hardware to confirm the needed files.
We need to compile a list of supported hardware and the matching firmware.
@benhylau, @darkdrgn2k can you both add all the details you have for this?
#27 and #22 look like they might help
Current list of hardware I know about:
| Bus | Driver | Description | Firmware file(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdio | xradio | Orange Pi Zero Wifi | xr819/boot_xr819.bin xr819/device-xradio.mk xr819/fw_xr819.bin xr819/sdd_xr819.bin |
| sdio | brcmfmac | Raspberry Pi Wifi (probably different firmware for 3b+) | brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin |
| usb | rt2800usb? | TOP-GS07 RT5572 | rt2870.bin |
| usb | ath9k_htc | TL-WN722N V1 | htc_9271.fw |
| usb | rtl8192cu? | Some new USB stick Ben has trialed |
Still need exact firmware file names for most of those though.
| Driver | Found in repo | Package | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| brcmfmac | raspbian debian/stretch | firmware-brcm80211 | |
| ath9k_htc | raspbian debian/stretch | firmware-atheros | |
| rt2800usb? | raspbian/jessie | firmware-ralink | FIXME: This package is no longer present in raspbian/stretch |
| rt2800usb? | raspbian debian/stretch | firmware-misc-nonfree |
Ill start work on that however a repository of some information can be found here
Maybe i can include the firmware information in that repo as we test.
- boot up a system
- rename the /lib/firmware dir to something else
repeat:
- insert the usb stick
- look at the output of dmesg for which firmware files it is trying to load
- rename only those files back into the correct /lib/firmware dir (and make note of them)
- re-insert the usb stick
- check to see if it is working.
- if not, repeat for whatever file it is asking for now
- it it is working, you now have a list of the required firmware
Most of my unique dongles are scattered into the wind at the moment as i been brining the TP 722s for the workshop
But the two main ones are
TL-WN722N V1
ath9k_htc
htc_9271.fw
Toplinkst TOP-GS07
rt2800usb
rt2870.bin
I think the new chinees one is the same as the topink but i can only test it on a orange pi.
I tried those two @darkdrgn2k posted and have the same results. Also, I tried the new TOP-4M02 and it uses the same file as the TOP-GS07.
I do not have the one that is rtl8192cu anymore. It was borrowed from the library and worked very poorly so we ended up returning it.
The firmware package updates needed to support the rpi3b+ mean that the ralink firmware is no longer available - this needs some work to address.
raspbian jessie contains the ralink files in the firmware-misc-nonfree package, however this is a rather large package.
This simply increases the need to rework the firmware Makefiles to allow easily defining which firmware files to include