RE: [PATCH rtw-next v8 5/7] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B chip driver

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 04:32:51 EST


Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> October 7, 2026 at 04:57, "Ping-Ke Shih" <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx
> mailto:pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx?to=%22Ping-Ke%20Shih%22%20%3Cpkshih%40realtek.com%3E > wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Add the Realtek RTL8723B 802.11n chip driver: the chip operations, the
> > > power sequences, the efuse layout, the RF and IQ calibration, and the
> > > chip specific coexistence handling.
> > >
> > > The RTL8723B chip support is based on the initial work by
> > > Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>.
> > > Link: https://github.com/mistraube/rtw88/tree/rtl8723bs
> > >
> > > Co-developed-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> Hi Ping-Ke,
>
> Thanks for helping and reviewing the series throughout this
> upstreaming process. Just one question, when is the series planned to
> be applied to rtw-next? I am planning to send a patch to staging to
> remove staging rtl8723bs and I need to have information when is it
> landing.

I'll merge this patchset and send pull-request tomorrow, but I think you
should remove staging rtl8723bs until this patchset drains to upstream.

Ping-Ke