rtw89

Basic information

• Module name(s): rtw89
• Authorship tag: community-ported, vendor
• License governing driver source code: Dual BSD/GPL
• Status: in-kernel

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

• RTL8851BE, RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
AzureWave AW-XB473NF	NGFF	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16
AzureWave AW-XB503NF	NGFF	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	1x2:2		2020-10-16
Realtek RTL8852AE Combo Module	NGFF	TX2-RTL8852AE B94-RTL8852AES		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16
Realtek RTL8852BE Combo Module	NGFF	TX2-RTL8852BE		10ec	a852	RTL8852BE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2021-08-13
SparkLAN WNFT-238AX (BT)	NGFF	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki
• On the Debian Wiki

Intro

Realtek 802.11ax wireless chips support

• RTL8851BE, RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE

10ec:8852	RTL8852AE 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter • 5.18+
10ec:a85a	RTL8852AE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIe Adapter • 5.18+
10ec:b851	RTL8851BE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIe Adapter • 6.5+
10ec:b852	RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller • 6.2+
10ec:b85b	RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller [1T1R] • 6.2+
10ec:c852	RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller • 6.0+

Drivers

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

• https://lwn.net/Articles/872284/ • RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE • rtw89 (5.16-rc+)
• https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW89.html • PCI ID: 10ec : 10ec:8852, 10ec:a85a, 10ec:c852

• 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://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW88.html • 10ec:b822, 10ec:c821, 10ec:c822, 10ec:d723

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88 • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 - new

• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de • RTL8723DE • rtl8723de
• https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce • RTL8821CE • rtl8821ce

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new • 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

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu • RTL8188EU • rtl8188eu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188gu • RTL8188GU • rtl8188gu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au • RTL8723AU • rtl8723au
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu • RTL8723BU • rtl8723bu