From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: poma <pomidorabelisima@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:31:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535D692C.7080905@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <535D5712.6000106@gmail.com>
On 04/27/2014 02:14 PM, poma wrote:
>
> Ahoy!
>
> Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI
> wireless(rtl8723be)
> missing in the "Repository of firmware blobs for use with the Linux kernel".
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtlwifi
> rtl8723befw.bin?
>
>
> $ modinfo rtl8723be
> filename:
> /lib/modules/3.15.0-0.rc2.git3.1.fc21.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/rtl8723be.ko
> firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
> description: Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless
> license: GPL
> ...
>
>
> However attending in the "Code for new variety of the 8723 PCI cards -
> temp until code added to kernel"
> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be/tree/master/firmware/rtlwifi
> rtl8723befw.bin
Thanks for this note. I thought that I had sent the firmware to git repo at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git, but that
was not correct until now. Within a few days, it should be in the repo. Until
then, it can be gotten through the GitHub link posted above.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-27 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-27 19:14 Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be) poma
2014-04-27 20:31 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2014-04-27 21:35 ` poma
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