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RTWNFW(4) Device Drivers Manual RTWNFW(4)

NAME

rtwnfw —
Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device rtwnfw

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:

device rtwn-rtl8188eufw
device rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B
device rtwn-rtl8192cfwE
device rtwn-rtl8192cfwT
device rtwn-rtl8192cfwU
device rtwn-rtl8192eufw
device rtwn-rtl8812aufw
device rtwn-rtl8821aufw

Alternatively, to load all firmware images as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

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"

DESCRIPTION

rtwn-rtl8192cfwE and rtl8192cfwE_B modules provide access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CE 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=1

FILES

/usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
rtwnfw firmware license

SEE ALSO

rtwn(4), firmware(9)
January 24, 2017 Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64