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Re: Request for Realtek rtw89_8852be driver



Le 2023-03-26 18:24, Diederik de Haas a écrit :
> 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.

Indeed, that's what I observed after having a closer look.
 
> > > 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.

Yeah, I’ll send a MR when Linux 6.2+ hits master.
 
> > 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.

I think it would be nice to have it enabled since it is available on quite a
few Lenovo Legion T series towers.

Cheers,
Vincent

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