Re: Realtek r8822be kernel module does not negotiate 802.11ac connection

[David R. Bergstein]

Larry,

Thanks for the response and detailed instructions, which allowed me to
build and install the rtw88 kernel module. I cannot however seem to get
my system to actually use the module. Just to recap this is an HP Omen
laptop with secure boot disabled. Upon boot-up both the new rtw88 and
old r8822be modules are loaded. If I unload the r8822be module the wifi
network connection gets terminated, even if I unload/reload the rtw88
module.

Is there something else I should be doing prior to invoking rtw88, e.g.,
blacklisting the old module?

Sincerely,

David R. Bergstein

On 3/1/19 12:28 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 2/28/19 8:32 PM, David R. Bergstein wrote:
>> Tony,
>>
>> Thanks for your response. Can you advise as to the availability of the
>> new rtw88 driver? As it appears to be under development, I could not
>> locate a copy of the code for local compilation.
>
> David,
>
> Use the command 'git clone http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
> -b rtw88' to get a copy of the new driver for RTL8822BE and RTL8822CE
> in a stand-alone form. All that is needed is 'cd rtlwifi_new && make
> && sudo make install'. This version will build on kernels v4.4 and
> newer. As I have time, I will be backporting to kernels at least as
> old as 4.0.
>
> I would appreciate your comments and bug reports.
>
> Larry
>
>