Bug#933302: RTL8723DE not working
Hi,
I just attempted to help a user in OFTC #debian with this nic and
confirmed/discovered the following:
- there is no rtl8723de module in buster or bullseye/sid's kernel,
despite the binary blob being present in firmware-realtek
- Ubuntu's 5.4 kernel *does* have support, but it's via the RTW88
driver that should be unrelated aiui because the 8723DE nic is 802.11n
and RTW88 is specifically 802.11ac, and yet:
jesse@bivouac:~/temp/ubuntu$ grep -i rtw88 boot/config-5.4.0-21-generic
CONFIG_RTW88=m
CONFIG_RTW88_CORE=m
CONFIG_RTW88_PCI=m
CONFIG_RTW88_8822BE=y
CONFIG_RTW88_8822CE=y
CONFIG_RTW88_8723DE=y ****
The user in #debian confirmed that the ubuntu driver supported their nic.
Bullseye's 5.4 and sid's 5.5 have RTW88 as well, but sans 8723DE. See
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/6ba1f0beb871cf2ba9a12837cf51999692a08c53/debian/config/config
for 5.5.
Hopefully this information helps get support for the rtl8723de into bullseye.
sney
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