freebsd-nq/share/man/man4/rtwnfw.4
Andriy Voskoboinyk 7453645f2a rtwn(4), urtwn(4): merge common code, add support for 11ac devices.
All devices:
- add support for rate adaptation via ieee80211_amrr(9);
- use short preamble for transmitted frames when needed;
- multi-bss support:
 * for RTL8821AU: 2 VAPs at the same time;
 * other: 1 any VAP + 1 sta VAP.
RTL8188CE:
- fix IQ calibration bug (reason of significant speed degradation);
- add h/w crypto acceleration support.
USB:
- A-MPDU Tx support;
- short GI support;
Other:
- add support for RTL8812AU / RTL8821AU chipsets
(a/b/g/n only; no ac yet);
- split merged code into subparts:
 * bus glue (usb/*, pci/*, rtl*/usb/*, rtl*/pci/*)
 * common (if_rtwn*)
 * chip-specific (rtl*/*)
- various other bugfixes.

Due to code reorganization, module names / requirements were changed too:
urtwn urtwnfw -> rtwn rtwn_usb rtwnfw
rtwn  rtwnfw  -> rtwn rtwn_pci rtwnfw

Tested with RTL8188CE, RTL8188CUS, RTL8188EU and RTL8821AU.

Tested by:	kevlo, garga,
		Peter Garshtja <peter.garshtja@ambient-md.com>,
		Kevin McAleavey <kevin.mcaleavey@knosproject.com>,
		Ilias-Dimitrios Vrachnis <id@vrachnis.com>,
		<otacilio.neto@bsd.com.br>
Relnotes:	yes
2016-10-17 20:38:24 +00:00

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.Dd October 28, 2015
.Dt RTWNFW 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rtwnfw
.Nd "Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this module into the kernel,
place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device rtwnfw"
.Ed
.Pp
This will include all firmware images inside the kernel.
If you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter choose one
of the following:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8188eufw"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8192cfwE"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8192cfwT"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8192cfwU"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8812aufw"
.Cd "device rtwn-rtl8821aufw"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load all firmware images as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
rtwn-rtl8188eufw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwT_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8812aufw_load="YES"
rtwn-rtl8821aufw_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
rtwn-rtl8192cfwE and rtl8192cfwE_B modules provide access
to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CE chip based PCIe adapters.
Other modules provide access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CUS,
RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, RTL8192CU, RTL8812AU and RTL8821AU
chip based USB WiFi adapters.
They may be
statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a modules.
.Pp
For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
.Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
must be agreed to by adding the following line to
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Pp
.Dl "legal.realtek.license_ack=1"
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
.Nm
firmware license
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rtwn 4 ,
.Xr firmware 9