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Missing rtw89 branch from firmware-rtlwifi.tcz

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nick65go:
My laptop has only WiFI, without "old" wire/cable NIC socket outside.
Missing the folder /usr/local/lib/firmware/rtw89 (for 8852be card) from
 https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tinycorelinux/16.x/x86_64/tcz/firmware-rtlwifi.tcz.list
was a "little" pain in the back, mostly when I need to guess the WIFI type
(lpci missing from busybox, so I need to read the"dmsg" log, then find another FUNCTIONAL machine to download the tcz, Then because now wifi depends on dbus and a lot of other dependencies TREE, was a "little" not-welcome).
Lucky I could grab it from another Linux distribution.

Please add firmware for rtw89 in firmware-rtlwifi.tcz, to help others to avoid this process (need another machine to download missing files/packaged from ANOTHER distro).

Rich:
Hi nick65go
Does it work any better if you install  firmware-wlan.tcz ?

gadget42:
perhaps this readme has additional information/notes/etc

https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89?tab=readme-ov-file#rtw89

nick65go:

--- Quote from: Rich on May 12, 2025, 08:20:55 AM ---Hi nick65go
Does it work any better if you install  firmware-wlan.tcz ?

--- End quote ---
Rich, thanks! that was the TCZ I was searching for.
--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ dmesg | grep rtw89_8852
[ 1043.868213] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin
[ 1043.868381] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[ 1043.870004] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 0.29.29.5 (da87cccd), cmd version 0, type 5
[ 1043.870010] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 0.29.29.5 (da87cccd), cmd version 0, type 3
[ 1044.162890] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: chip rfe_type is 41
[ 1044.193673] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: rfkill hardware state changed to enable
tc@box:~$

tc@box:~$ dmesg | grep wlan
[ 1032.912478] rtw89_core: Unknown symbol ieee80211_report_wowlan_wakeup (err -2)
[ 1406.306580] wlan0: authenticate with 90:5c:44:52:ce:57 (local address=40:1a:58:7e:f2:7c)
[ 1406.306586] wlan0: send auth to 90:5c:44:52:ce:57 (try 1/3)
[ 1406.308574] wlan0: authenticated
[ 1406.309964] wlan0: associate with 90:5c:44:52:ce:57 (try 1/3)
[ 1406.320326] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 90:5c:44:52:ce:57 (capab=0x1411 status=0 aid=3)
[ 1406.434114] wlan0: associated
[ 1406.434245] wlan0: Limiting TX power to 20 (20 - 0) dBm as advertised by 90:5c:44:52:ce:57
--- End code ---

Rich:
Hi nick65go
You are welcome.

Thank you for confirming it solved the problem.

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