Hi,
I've got a laptop running testing with a Realtek 8852be card in it.
This driver seems to be present in upstream kernel from 6.1:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c
but doesn't seem to be in any Debian kernel package at present.
I have got it working using a DKMS built from these instructions:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
(and packaged firmware-realtek)
Will this driver make its way into a bookworm kernel at some point,
or do I need to submit a wishlist bug for this, or is there some
other procedure?
Thanks!
Andy
Le 2023-03-26 15:12, Andy Smith a écrit :
I've got a laptop running testing with a Realtek 8852be card in it.
This driver seems to be present in upstream kernel from 6.1:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/net/wireless/real
tek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c>
but doesn't seem to be in any Debian kernel package at present.
I have got it working using a DKMS built from these instructions:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
(and packaged firmware-realtek)
Will this driver make its way into a bookworm kernel at some point,
or do I need to submit a wishlist bug for this, or is there some
other procedure?
Surely it would be wise to enable RTW89_8852BE and RTW89_8852CE for
bookworm. Salvatore, what's your take on this? I can commit some time to
work on this.
Le 2023-03-26 15:12, Andy Smith a écrit :
This driver seems to be present in upstream kernel from 6.1:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/net/wireless/real
tek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c>
but doesn't seem to be in any Debian kernel package at present.
While a skeleton version of that file is present, it does not seem to be a complete driver (in 6.2 it's already 'fuller'), but more importantly, in the Kconfig file there is no RTW89_8852BE, so it can't be enabled in Debian's 6.1 kernel.
Will this driver make its way into a bookworm kernel at some point,
No, but the DKMS built saw a recent improvement :-)
The RTW89_8852CE module is available in the 6.1 Kconfig file, so it _could_ be
enabled, but whether that's useful without an explicit request is another Q.
On Sunday, 26 March 2023 17:55:17 CEST Vincent Blut wrote:
Le 2023-03-26 15:12, Andy Smith a écrit :
I've got a laptop running testing with a Realtek 8852be card in it.
This driver seems to be present in upstream kernel from 6.1:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/net/wireless/real
tek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c>
but doesn't seem to be in any Debian kernel package at present.
While a skeleton version of that file is present, it does not seem to be a complete driver (in 6.2 it's already 'fuller'), but more importantly, in the Kconfig file there is no RTW89_8852BE, so it can't be enabled in Debian's 6.1
kernel.
I have got it working using a DKMS built from these instructions:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
(and packaged firmware-realtek)
Will this driver make its way into a bookworm kernel at some point,
No, but the DKMS built saw a recent improvement :-)
or do I need to submit a wishlist bug for this, or is there some
other procedure?
To get it enabled for *Trixie*, filing a wishlist bug seems appropriate.
Surely it would be wise to enable RTW89_8852BE and RTW89_8852CE for bookworm. Salvatore, what's your take on this? I can commit some time to work on this.
The RTW89_8852CE module is available in the 6.1 Kconfig file, so it _could_ be
enabled, but whether that's useful without an explicit request is another Q.
Hi Andy,
Le 2023-03-26 15:12, Andy Smith a écrit :
Hi,
I've got a laptop running testing with a Realtek 8852be card in it.
This driver seems to be present in upstream kernel from 6.1:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c
but doesn't seem to be in any Debian kernel package at present.
I have got it working using a DKMS built from these instructions:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
(and packaged firmware-realtek)
Will this driver make its way into a bookworm kernel at some point,
or do I need to submit a wishlist bug for this, or is there some
other procedure?
Surely it would be wise to enable RTW89_8852BE and RTW89_8852CE for bookworm. Salvatore, what's your take on this? I can commit some time to work on this.
Ah, okay. I did see some comments somewhere that it would be present
in an upstream 6.2 release, so that makes sense.
Okay, so perhaps I should wait for bookworm-backports to be a thing
and then that may include a 6.2 or later kernel package which has
this driver, since upstream should also.
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