RTWNFW(4)

💖 RTWNFW(4) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for rtwnfw — the Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver 🦋 and yes it's a whole vibe, let me tell you everything, no gatekeeping 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

rtwnfw — the Firmware Module for the Realtek Wireless driver 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so to compile this module into the kernel, you literally just drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device rtwnfw

that pulls in all the firmware images inside the kernel 🫶 (all of them. the whole squad. no one left behind.)

but wait — if you're the type of girl who only wants her firmware image for her network adapter (understandable, main character energy 👑), pick one of these:

device rtwn-rtl8188eefw
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

orrrr, if you'd rather load all the firmware images as a module at boot time, put these lines 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"

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕

rtwn-rtl8192cfwE and rtl8192cfwE_B modules give you access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CE chip based PCIe adapters 💫

rtwn-rtl8188ee module gives you access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188EE chip based PCIe adapters 🌈

and then the other modules — they're out here providing access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, RTL8192CU, RTL8192EU, RTL8812AU and RTL8821AU chip based USB WiFi adapters 🔥

these can be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as modules. your choice, queen, both are valid 🎀

⚠️ okay this part is important so listen up bestie: for the loaded firmware to actually 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

no ack, no firmware. that's the rule. periodt 💅

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✨ FILES ✨

• /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE — the rtwnfw firmware license 📜

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• rtwn(4)
• firmware(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it 💖 this came to you from Debian, dated January 7, 2019 — iconic behavior honestly, go forth and connect 🦋✨🎀