NAME
rtwnfw — Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driverSYNOPSIS
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-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
Alternatively, to load all firmware images as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
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
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"
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.LICENSE
- rtwnfw firmware license
SEE ALSO
rtwn(4), firmware(9)| January 7, 2019 | Debian |