[PATCH] Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 13d3:3556 for RTL8821CE
From: Aritra Das
Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 13:45:47 EST
The onboard Realtek RTL8821CE combo card on the ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS
AC-HES presents its Bluetooth function as USB ID 13d3:3556. This ID is
missing from quirks_table, so btusb matches the device only through the
generic Bluetooth class entry in btusb_table and driver_info stays zero.
BTUSB_REALTEK is therefore never set, btrtl never runs, and the
controller keeps executing its on-chip ROM firmware instead of loading
rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin and rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin.
In that state BLE HID peripherals are unusable. A HHKB Hybrid keyboard
pairs and enumerates as a HID device, then the link drops within 10-30
seconds, repeatedly. The same keyboard is stable on the same host under
other operating systems.
Adding the ID lets btusb run the Realtek setup path:
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 10, total sz 34926
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0x75b8f098
With the firmware loaded the same keyboard has stayed connected for over
11 hours without a single drop.
Device descriptor:
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=04 Cnt=02 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=13d3 ProdID=3556 Rev=01.10
S: Manufacturer=Realtek
S: Product=Bluetooth Radio
S: SerialNumber=00e04c000001
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=1ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb
E: Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 0 Ivl=1ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 0 Ivl=1ms
Signed-off-by: Aritra Das <aritra.rohit2003@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index 03039ce..0424898 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ static const struct usb_device_id quirks_table[] = {
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },
{ USB_DEVICE(0x13d3, 0x3533), .driver_info = BTUSB_REALTEK |
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },
+ { USB_DEVICE(0x13d3, 0x3556), .driver_info = BTUSB_REALTEK |
+ BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },
{ USB_DEVICE(0x13d3, 0x3558), .driver_info = BTUSB_REALTEK |
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },
base-commit: 6696072ffe07205255cf83621a95a1aa2f9f6e62