rtw88

Basic information

• Module name(s): rtw88
• Authorship tag: community-ported, vendor
• License governing driver source code: GPL
• Status: in-kernel

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): mac80211
• Firmware status tags: required
• Firmware license tags: redistribution allowed, closed source

Limitations / unimplemented functionality NOS

• Currently missing functionality:
• Notable limitations:

Supported modes

• STA (Station) mode: supported
• IBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode: unknown
• AP (Master) mode: unknown
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: unknown
• P2P mode: unknown
• Monitor mode: unknown
• Packet injection: unknown

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE, RTL8723DU, RTL8821CU, RTL8822BU, RTL8822CU

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
ASUS USB-AX56	USB	MSQ-USBAXJM00	Edimax	0b05	19af	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2021-10-27
AzureWave AW-CB295NF	USB	TX2-RTL8822BE	AzureWave	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2016-08-29
AzureWave AW-CB375NF	USB	TX2-RTL8822CE		10ec	c822	RTL8822CE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	70:66:55	2018-11-02
AzureWave AW-CM308NF	USB	TLZ-CM308NF	AzureWave	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2017-08-10
D-Link AC13U	USB			2001	3329	RTL8822CU	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2024-12-05
D-Link DWA-X1850 rev A1	USB	KA2WAX1850A1	Edimax	2001	3c32	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2	1244-01001242-50Z	2021-07-29
Fenvi FU-AX1800P	USB					RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2
FusionFutures Flux AX1800	USB			0bda	8832	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2
Realtek RTL8822BE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8822BE	Foxconn	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	90:32:4B	2016-08-29
Realtek RTL8822CE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8822CE	Foxconn	10ec	c822	RTL8822CE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	90:32:4B	2018-11-02
TP-LINK Archer TX20UH	USB	2AXJ4TX20UH	TP-LINK	2357	0141	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2022-10-31
Tenda U18	USB	V7TU18	Tenda	0bda	8832	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2022-04-11
Tenda U18a	USB	V7TU18A	Tenda	0bda	8832	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2022-04-11
Unex DHYK-8822	USB	TX2-RTL8822BE	Wistron NeWeb	10ec	b822	RTL8822BE	abgn+ac	2x2:2	A8:54:B2	2016-08-29
Zioncom X6100UA	USB					RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki
• On the Debian Wiki
• On the FreeBSD Wiki

Introduction

Realtek 802.11ac wireless chips support

• rtw88 is a 802.11ac PCI-E driver (5.2+) for RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE and RTL8822CE devices,

and USB driver (6.2+) for RTL8723DU, RTL8821CU, RTL8822BU and RTL8822CU devices.

Supported Devices

• RTL8723DE, RTL8723DU
• RTL8821CE, RTL8821CU
• RTL8822BE, RTL8822BU
• RTL8822CE, RTL8822CU

Drivers

• rtw89 • https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89

• https://lwn.net/Articles/872284/ • RTL8852AE • rtw89 (5.16-rc+)
• https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW89.html • 10ec:8852, 10ec:a85a

• rtw88 • https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88

• https://lwn.net/Articles/768372/ • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 (5.2+)
• https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW88.html • 10ec:b822, 10ec:c821, 10ec:c822, 10ec:d723

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88 • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 - new

• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de • RTL8723DE • rtl8723de
• https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce • RTL8821CE • rtl8821ce

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new • RTL8192xx, RTL8723xE • rtlwifi_new (4.2+) - ex -> rtw88

• https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150299204509065 • RTL8822BE • rtlwifi - ex
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be • RTL8723BE • rtl8723be - ex -> rtlwifi_new ->
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi_new • rtlwifi_new
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi-memfix • rtlwifi-memfix

• https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x • rtl8xxxu (4.3+)

RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu • RTL8188EU • rtl8188eu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188gu • RTL8188GU • rtl8188gu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au • RTL8723AU • rtl8723au
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu • RTL8723BU • rtl8723bu

Chipsets

RTL8188

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu • RTL8188EU • rtl8188eu
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8188eu • RTL8188EU • rtl8188eu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188gu • RTL8188GU • rtl8188gu

RTL8190

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8190p • RTL8190P • rtl8190p

RTL8192

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192cu • RTL8192CU • rtl8192cu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192du • RTL8192DU • rtl8192du
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192ee • RTL8192EE • rtl8192ee
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8192eu-linux-driver • RTL8192EU • rtl8192eu
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8192eu • RTL8192EU • rtl8192eu
• http://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su • RTL8192SU • rtl8192su (WiP)

RTL8723

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au • RTL8723AU • rtl8723au
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be • RTL8723BE • rtl8723be
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu • RTL8723BU • rtl8723bu
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723bu • RTL8723BU • rtl8723bu
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de • RTL8723DE • rtl8723de
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723du • RTL8723DU • rtl8723du
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723ds • RTL8723DS • rtl8723ds

RTL8812

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8812au • RTL8812AU • rtl8812au
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux • RTL8812AU/RTL8821AU • rtl8812au, rtl8821au
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8812AU • RTL8812AU • rtl8812au
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8822bu-1 • RTL8812BU • rtl8812bu

RTL8814

• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8814au-4.15 • RTL8814AU • rtl8814au (4.15)
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8814AU • RTL8814AU • rtl8814au

RTL8821

• https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce • RTL8821CE • rtl8821ce
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8821ce • RTL8821CE • rtl8821ce
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8821CU • RTL8821CU • rtl8821cu

RTL8822

• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8822bu • RTL8822BU • rtl8822bu
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8822bu-1 • RTL8822BU • rtl8822bu

See also

• rtl8188ee
• rtl8192ce
• rtl8192cu
• rtl8192de
• rtl8192du -
• rtl8192ee + (3.16+)
• rtl8192se
• rtl8192su

• rtl8723ae +
• rtl8723au +
• rtl8723be + (3.15+)
• rtl8723bs -
• rtl8723bu +
• rtl8723de °
• rtl8723du °
• rtl8723ds °
• rtl8821ae + (3.16+)