Re: No support for Realtek 8821CE RFE Type 6

[Bogdan Nicolae <bogdan.nicolae@acm.org>]

Thanks Ping-Ke,

The Realtek Wifi 8821CE RFE Type 6 is used in a broad range of
embedded systems based on Intel Celeron J4125 SoCs. A popular example
is GK3 Mini PC, sold under a large number of brands, for example:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09FTCPBHK/
These systems are rising in popularity in favor of laptops, as people
tend to stay at home and are looking for affordable upgrades.
Unfortunately, lack of Wifi Linux support is a major drawback.

Best regards,
Bogdan Nicolae


On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 3:01 AM Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com> wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pkshih
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:45 PM
> > To: 'Bogdan Nicolae' <bogdan.nicolae@acm.org>; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: RE: No support for Realtek 8821CE RFE Type 6
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bogdan Nicolae <bogdan.nicolae@acm.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 1:05 PM
> > > To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> > > Subject: No support for Realtek 8821CE RFE Type 6
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > The chipset in question is Realtek Wifi 8821CE RFE Type 6. Support is
> > > only available up to Type 4 (Kernel 5.14.14). Are there any plans to
> > > provide support for Type 6? If so, when?
> > >
> >
> > We will arrange resources to support RFE type 6.
> > ETA is about 3 months.
> >
>
> I check internally with this RFE type, but we don't clear which notebook/computer
> uses this type. Could you share the model name of your computer?
> Or, you buy the chipset somewhere?
> Or, you want to build this chipset into your product.
> Please give us more information to move further.
>
> --
> Ping-Ke
>


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Bogdan Nicolae
Computer Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory
Web: www.bnicolae.net