Control: reassign -1 src:linux 5.10.40-1
Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream
On Tue, 2021-07-20 at 10:11 +0200, Michele Bucca wrote:
> Package: firmware-realtek
> Version 20210315-2
>
> I'm testing debian bullseye and I've noticed that despite the firmware
> of the wireless card Realtek RTL8821ce being added to the package, it
> is still not working.
>
> I downloaded the ISO debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso from
>
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/bullseye_di_rc2-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso
>
> and when I boot the system the Wireless card is not detected by Network Manager.
>
> if I type dmesg -l err in the terminal I get the following error message:
>
> [ 8.123230] rtw_8821ce 0000:03:00.0: rfe 2 isn't supported
[...]
This means the driver doesn't support this variant of the hardware.
It's not a firmware problem.
That appears to be fixed in 5.12 by:
commit 5d6651fe85837b11564a2e2c3c6279c057d078d6
Author: Guo-Feng Fan <vincent_fann@realtek.com>
Date: Tue Feb 2 13:50:12 2021 +0800
rtw88: 8821c: support RFE type2 wifi NIC
but that may depend on other changes.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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