rtlwifi new

Basic information

• Module name(s): rtlwifi_new
• Authorship tag: community-ported, vendor
• License governing driver source code: GPL
• Status: OoK (WiP)

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): mac80211
• Firmware status tags: required
• Firmware license tags: redistribution allowed, closed source

Limitations / unimplemented functionality NOS

• Currently missing functionality:
• Notable limitations:

Supported modes

• STA (Station) mode: supported
• IBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode: unknown
• AP (Master) mode: unknown
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: unknown
• P2P mode: unknown
• Monitor mode: unknown
• Packet injection: unknown

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• RTL8188EE, RTL8192CE, RTL8192CU, RTL8192DE, RTL8192EE, RTL8192SE, RTL8723AE, RTL8723BE, RTL8821AE

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
AzureWave AW-CB295NF	NGFF	TX2-RTL8822BE	AzureWave	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2016-08-29
AzureWave AW-CB375NF	NGFF	TX2-RTL8822CE				RTL8822CE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	70:66:55	2018-11-02
AzureWave AW-CM308NF	NGFF	TLZ-CM308NF	AzureWave	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2017-08-10
Realtek RTL8822BE Combo Module	NGFF	TX2-RTL8822BE	Foxconn	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	90:32:4B	2016-08-29
Realtek RTL8822CE Combo Module	NGFF	TX2-RTL8822CE	Foxconn	10ec	c822	RTL8822CE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	90:32:4B	2018-11-02
Unex DHYK-8822	NGFF	TX2-RTL8822BE	Wistron NeWeb	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	A8:54:B2	2016-08-29

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki
• On the Debian Wiki

Drivers

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89

• https://lwn.net/Articles/872284/ • RTL8852AE • rtw89 (5.16-rc+)

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88

• https://lwn.net/Articles/768372/ • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 (5.2+)

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88 • RTL8192xx, RTL8723xE • rtlwifi_new (4.2+) - ex -> rtw88

• https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150299204509065 • RTL8822BE • rtlwifi - ex
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be • RTL8723BE • rtl8723be - ex -> rtlwifi_new
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi_new • rtlwifi_new
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi-memfix • rtlwifi-memfix

• https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x • rtl8xxxu (4.3+)

RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU

See also

• rtl8188ee
• rtl8192ce
• rtl8192cu
• rtl8192de
• rtl8192ee (3.16+)
• rtl8192se
• rtl8723ae
• rtl8723be (3.15+)
• rtl8723de
• rtl8821ae