Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be)

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2014-04-27 19:14 UTC #0 lore raw

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

Larry Finger

2014-04-27 20:31 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 19 lines · poma

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
...

Quoted 4 lines

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

poma

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2014-04-27 21:35 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 25 lines · Larry Finger

Quoted 19 lines · poma
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
...
Quoted 4 lines
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

Quoted 7 lines

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