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
poma
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091753
On 27.04.2014 22:31, Larry Finger wrote:
> 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
>
OK, thanks.
poma
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