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RTWNFW(4) Device Drivers Manual RTWNFW(4)

NAME

rtwnfw —
Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device rtwnfw

This will include three firmware images inside the kernel. If you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter choose one of the following:

device rtwn-rtl8192cfwU
device rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

This module provides access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CE chip based PCIe adapters. It may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module.

For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE must be agreed to by adding the following line to loader.conf(5):

legal.realtek.license_ack=1

FILES

/usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
rtwnfw firmware license

SEE ALSO

rtwn(4), firmware(9)
October 28, 2015 Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64