1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 226f1fad2SJes Sorensen# 326f1fad2SJes Sorensen# RTL8XXXU Wireless LAN device configuration 426f1fad2SJes Sorensen# 526f1fad2SJes Sorensenconfig RTL8XXXU 66e597150SBitterblue Smith tristate "Realtek 802.11n USB wireless chips support" 726f1fad2SJes Sorensen depends on MAC80211 && USB 838ae3192SArnd Bergmann depends on LEDS_CLASS 9a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1026f1fad2SJes Sorensen This is an alternative driver for various Realtek RTL8XXX 1126f1fad2SJes Sorensen parts written to utilize the Linux mac80211 stack. 1226f1fad2SJes Sorensen The driver is known to work with a number of RTL8723AU, 136e597150SBitterblue Smith RL8188CU, RTL8188RU, RTL8191CU, RTL8192CU, RTL8723BU, RTL8192EU, 14*c98411dcSBitterblue Smith RTL8188FU, RTL8188EU, RTL8710BU (aka RTL8188GU), and RTL8192FU 15*c98411dcSBitterblue Smith devices. 1626f1fad2SJes Sorensen 1726f1fad2SJes Sorensen This driver is under development and has a limited feature 1826f1fad2SJes Sorensen set. In particular it does not yet support 40MHz channels 1926f1fad2SJes Sorensen and power management. However it should have a smaller 20c1edece3STobias Klauser memory footprint than the vendor drivers and benefits 2126f1fad2SJes Sorensen from the in kernel mac80211 stack. 2226f1fad2SJes Sorensen 2326f1fad2SJes Sorensen It can coexist with drivers from drivers/staging/rtl8723au, 2426f1fad2SJes Sorensen drivers/staging/rtl8192u, and drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi, 2526f1fad2SJes Sorensen but you will need to control which module you wish to load. 2626f1fad2SJes Sorensen 2726f1fad2SJes Sorensen To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 286e597150SBitterblue Smith be called rtl8xxxu. If unsure, say N. 2926f1fad2SJes Sorensen 3026f1fad2SJes Sorensenconfig RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED 3126f1fad2SJes Sorensen bool "Include support for untested Realtek 8xxx USB devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3226f1fad2SJes Sorensen depends on RTL8XXXU 33a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 3426f1fad2SJes Sorensen This option enables detection of Realtek 8723/8188/8191/8192 WiFi 3526f1fad2SJes Sorensen USB devices which have not been tested directly by the driver 3626f1fad2SJes Sorensen author or reported to be working by third parties. 3726f1fad2SJes Sorensen 3826f1fad2SJes Sorensen Please report your results! 39