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[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The troy branch loads rtl8192eefw_new.bin; however, after some testing
and consultation with Realtek, I determined that there was no need to
keep separate names. For that reason and to minimize the disk usage, the
kernel loads rtl8192eefw.bin. You can copy the one with the _new in its
name to the one without, if you want to use the later version. The
updated firmware is already in the linux-firmware repo, and will be
propagated through the distros in time.

The rtl_cam logged items indicate the changing of the wifi keys. The
second one tells you that the connection has been dropped. It is NOT the
cause of the drop.

I have been using the driver for over 24 hours. There have been several
disconnects in that time; however, the recovery has been automatic. One
thing to note is that the transmit is somewhat fragile. Operations like
continuous iperf or flood pings will likely cause a failure and are
discouraged at least for the moment. Realtek knows of the problem and is
working on it.

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Title:
  No wireless support for Realtek RTL8192EE [10ec:818b]

Status in HWE Next Project:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Open this bug to trace device driver RTL8192EE.

  We have seen this wireless card on some laptops, id is [10ec:818b],
  driver is RTL8192EE.

  This bug is only for the initial support of this WiFi adapter, it's
  not working 100% well yet, please report new "not working bug" or
  contact upstream but not keep posting comments, thanks.

  
  Status:

  pull-request for trusty was NAKed because next minor Trusty release
  will use Utopic LTS kernel, which had already fixed this issue.

  please wait it or upgrade your whole distro to Utopic.

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