Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver
Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:49 AM EDT. Add A Comment Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiFi APs for what Greg Kroah-Hartman has called a "beast of a driver".
- ▪Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:49 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later.
- ▪The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiF
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Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:49 AM EDT. Add A Comment Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiFi APs for what Greg Kroah-Hartman has called a "beast of a driver". The latest twist is there now being patches for adding Realtek RTL8723BS and RTL8723B onto the existing RTW88 driver.
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