Re: No support for Realtek 8821CE RFE Type 6

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 [off-list ref] wrote:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Pkshih
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:45 PM
To: 'Bogdan Nicolae' <redacted>; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: No support for Realtek 8821CE RFE Type 6

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bogdan Nicolae <redacted>
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.

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Ping-Ke

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