rtw88fw(4)

💖 rtw88fw(4) — bestie's guide to the Realtek rtw88 firmware modules 💖

okay so this is rtw88fw, from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — it's the firmware situation for the Realtek rtw88 wireless network driver 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

rtw88fw — Firmware modules for Realtek rtw88 wireless network driver 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like… the rtw88(4) driver should auto-load any firmware needed. it literally handles it for you, bestie 🫶

⚠️ it is discouraged to load the driver or firmware manually from loader(8) — like, please don't, that's not the vibe 😭

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

multiple modules provide access to firmware for the various chipset models supported by the rtw88(4) driver 🌈

that's it, that's the whole thing — multiple modules, various chipset models, matched up and slaying 🔥

✨ FILES ✨

• /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek_rtw88_firmware.LICENCE — a copy of the rtw88(4) firmware license is installed right here 📄✨ (yes bestie, the legal girlies ate, go read it)

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• rtw88(4)
• firmware(9)

✨ HISTORY ✨

the rtw88fw firmware modules first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0 🎀 iconic debut tbh 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie — no cap, this one was short and sweet 🍓

this lil beauty comes to you from Debian, dated March 31, 2022 — mwah, go touch some firmware 💋💜