Realtek 802.11n, 802.11ac and 802.11ax drivers ============================================== .. toctree:: rtl819x/devices mac80211 based -------------- - **rtl8192ce** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE devices. - **rtl8192cu** is a USB driver for RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu. - **rtl8192de** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192DE/RTL8188DE devices. - **rtl8192se** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE devices. - **rtl8723ae** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8723AE devices. - **rtl8723bs** is a SDIO driver for RTL8723BS devices. - **rtl8188ee** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8188EE devices. - **rtl8723be** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8723BE devices (**3.15+**). - **rtl8192su** is a USB driver for RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU devices. (**WIP**: http://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su) - **rtl8821ae** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8821AE devices (**3.16+**). - **rtl8192ee** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192EE devices (**3.16+**). - **rtl8xxxu** is a **multi-driver** for USB devices(RTL8723AU/RTL8723BU/RTL8191EU/RTL8192EU/RTL8188EU/RTL8188RU) (**4.3+**). - **rtw88** is a 802.11ac PCI-E driver for 8822BE, 8822CE, 8723DE and 8821CE devices, and USB(**6.2+**) driver for RTL8723DU, RTL8821CU, RTL8822BU and RTL8822CU devices. - **rtw89** is a 802.11ax PCI-E driver for 8852AE devices. staging drivers --------------- * **r8192e_pci** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192E devices. * **r8190_pci** is a PCI driver for RTL8190P devices (**WIP**: http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8190p) * **r8723bs** is a SDIO/SPI driver for RTL8723A/B devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu. * **r8712u** is a USB driver for RTL8712U/RTL8192SU devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8192su. * **r8192du** is a USB driver for RTL8192DU devices. (**WIP**: http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192du). It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu. They are included in the **staging** tree at https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git and they are NOT supported by linux-wireless developers or mailing list. Instead ask for support in http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel. Maintainer is Greg Kroah-Hartman . Firmware -------- The firmware for those devices can be downloaded from: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Available devices ----------------- See :doc:`this page ` for a list of devices that based on the rtl819x chip.