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Subject: Re: Realtek r8822be kernel module does not negotiate 802.11ac
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To:     Tony Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
Cc:     Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com>,
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From:   "David R. Bergstein" <david.r.bergstein@gmail.com>
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Date:   Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:32:03 -0500
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Tony,

Thanks for your response.  Can you advise as to the availability of the
new rtw88 driver?  As it appears to be under development, I could not
locate a copy of the code for local compilation.

Sincerely,

David R. Bergstein

On 2/27/19 5:23 AM, Tony Chuang wrote:
>> This message is in regard to a bug I have open on bugs.launchpad.net, 1813372,
>> linked below.  This issue, originally identified in an Ubuntu kernel, has been
>> duplicated in the most current mainline kernel, 5.0-rc8, and is in regard to
>> problems attaining a wireless connection at 802.11ac speeds.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1813372
>>
>> At your earliest convenience, please see the bug report above, and advise if a fix
>> will be available for the r8822be kernel module.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> David R. Bergstein
>>
> Hi,
>
> If it's possible I will suggest that you can use the new driver "rtw88" being
> reviewed now. rtw88 is better supported by Realtek and has significant
> improvement in contrast to r8822be. And also it is aim to better support
> 802.11ac series ICs, so it may help resolve your problem about 802.11ac
> connection speeds.
> Thanks!
>
> Yan-Hsuan
>