rtwnfw — Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver
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Description
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE and rtl8192cfwE_B modules provide access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CE chip
based PCIe adapters. rtwn-rtl8188ee module provides access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188EE
chip based PCIe adapters. Other modules provide access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CUS,
RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, RTL8192CU, RTL8192EU, RTL8812AU and RTL8821AU chip based USB WiFi
adapters. They may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a modules.
For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE must be
agreed to by adding the following line to loader.conf(5):
legal.realtek.license_ack=1Files
/usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSErtwnfw firmware license
Name
rtwnfw — Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver
See Also
rtwn(4), firmware(9) Debian January 7, 2019 RTWNFW(4)
Synopsis
To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
devicertwnfw
This will include all firmware images inside the kernel. If you want to pick only the firmware image for
your network adapter choose one of the following:
devicertwn-rtl8188eefwdevicertwn-rtl8188eufwdevicertwn-rtl8192cfwE_Bdevicertwn-rtl8192cfwEdevicertwn-rtl8192cfwTdevicertwn-rtl8192cfwUdevicertwn-rtl8192eufwdevicertwn-rtl8812aufwdevicertwn-rtl8821aufw
Alternatively, to load all firmware images as a module at boot time, place the following line in
loader.conf(5):
rtwn-rtl8188eefw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8188eufw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwT_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192eufw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8812aufw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8821aufw_load="YES"
