RSUFW(4)

💖 RSUFW 💖

okay bestie, so this is the rsufw page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — aka section 4 of the FreeBSD-style manual, and it's all about a little firmware module for a Realtek driver. buckle up, it's short but it ATE 💅

✨ NAME ✨

rsufw — the Firmware Module for the Realtek driver, no cap 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so you've got two whole ways to bring this firmware into your life, and honestly? both iconic.

🦋 Option one: bake it into the kernel

to compile this module into the kernel, you place this line in your kernel configuration file:

device rsufw

this will include the firmware image, RTL8712, inside the kernel. then rsu(4) will load the image into the chip. it's giving "one big happy kernel family" fr fr 🫶

🦋 Option two: load it as a module

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

rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"

boom. module loaded at boot. main character energy ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

this module provides the firmware for the Realtek RTL8188SU and RTL8192SU chip based USB WiFi adapters. yes, actual WiFi, over USB, from a tiny firmware blob. it's giving wireless magic 🌈

⚠️ bestie, please read Realtek's license, it's at /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE. not optional, not a vibe check you skip 🙈

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• rsu(4)
• firmware(9)

iykyk 👑

k that's the whole page, bestie — Debian edition, dated April 4, 2018. short page, big energy. slay 💖