===== Realtek 802.11n, 802.11ac and 802.11ax drivers =====

===== mac80211 based =====
  * **rtl8192ce** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE devices. 
  * **rtl8192cu** is a USB driver for RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu.  
  * **rtl8192de** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192DE/RTL8188DE devices. 
  * **rtl8192se** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE devices. 
  * **rtl8723ae** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8723AE devices.
  * **rtl8723bs** is a SDIO driver for RTL8723BS devices.
  * **rtl8188ee** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8188EE devices.  
  * **rtl8723be** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8723BE devices (**3.15+**). 
  * **rtl8192su** is a USB driver for RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU devices. (**WIP**: [[http://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su|http://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su]]) 
  * **rtl8821ae** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8821AE devices (**3.16+**). 
  * **rtl8192ee** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192EE devices (**3.16+**). 
  * **rtl8xxxu** is a **multi-driver** for USB devices(RTL8723AU/RTL8723BU/RTL8191EU/RTL8192EU/RTL8188EU/RTL8188RU) (**4.3+**).
  * **rtw88** is a 802.11ac PCI-E driver for 8822BE, 8822CE, 8723DE and 8821CE devices, and USB(**6.2+**) driver for RTL8723DU, RTL8821CU, RTL8822BU and RTL8822CU devices.
  * **rtw89** is a 802.11ax PCI-E driver for 8852AE devices.


===== staging drivers =====
    * **r8192e_pci** is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192E devices. 
    * **r8190_pci** is a PCI driver for RTL8190P devices (**WIP**: [[http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8190p|http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8190p]])
    * **r8723bs** is a SDIO/SPI driver for RTL8723A/B devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu.
    * **r8712u** is a USB driver for RTL8712U/RTL8192SU devices. It's going to be replaced by rtl8192su.
    * **r8192du** is a USB driver for RTL8192DU devices. (**WIP**: [[http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192du|http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192du]]). It's going to be replaced by rtl8xxxu.


They are included in the **staging** tree at [[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/|https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/]] and they are **NOT supported** by linux-wireless developers or mailing list. Instead ask for support in [[http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel|http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel]] . Maintainers are Greg Kroah-Hartman <[[mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org|gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]]> and Larry Finger <[[mailto:Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net|Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net]]>. 


===== Hardware Donations =====

If you get an unsupported device, you can donate it to the driver maintainer. For more info ask Larry Finger <[[mailto:Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net|Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net]]>. 


 ===== Firmware =====

The firmware for those devices can be downloaded from: [[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git]] 

===== Available devices =====
See [[en/users/drivers/rtl819x/devices|this page]] for a list of devices that based on the rtl819x chip.