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             * WHENCE *
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This file attempts to document the origin and licensing information,
if known, for each piece of firmware distributed for use with the Linux
kernel.

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Driver: rt2800pci - Ralink RT2860, RT2890, RT3090, RT3290, RT5390 wireless MACs

File: rt2860.bin
Version: 40

File: rt3290.bin
Version: 37

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ralink-firmware.txt for details

Binary file supplied originally by Shiang Tu <shiang_tu@ralinktech.com>, latest
from http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/

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Driver: rt2860sta - Ralink RT3090 wireless MACs

Link: rt3090.bin -> rt2860.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ralink-firmware.txt for details

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Driver: rt2800usb - Ralink RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072, RT5370 wireless MACs

File: rt2870.bin
Version: 36

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ralink-firmware.txt for details

Binary file supplied originally by Shiang Tu <shiang_tu@ralinktech.com>, latest
from http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/

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Driver: rt2870sta - Ralink RT2870, RT3070, RT3071 wireless MACs

Link: rt3070.bin -> rt2870.bin
File: rt3071.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ralink-firmware.txt for details

Info: rt3071.bin is a copy of bytes 4096-8191 of rt2870.bin for compatibility.

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Driver: r8712u - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8712U

File: rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
Info: From Vendor's rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v7_0.20100831
      Reverted rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8192ce - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8192CE

File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin
Info: From Vendor's realtek/rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628 driver

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8192cu - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8192CU

File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
Info: From Vendor's rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.1_6911.20130308 driver
      All files extracted from driver/hal/rtl8192c/usb/Hal8192CUHWImg.c
      Relevant variables (CONFIG_BT_COEXISTENCE not set):
        - rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin: Rtl8192CUFwUMCACutImgArray
        - rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin: Rtl8192CUFwUMCBCutImgArray
        - rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin: Rtl8192CUFwTSMCImgArray

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8192se - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8192SE

Info: updated from rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0004.0816.2011 driver version
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8192de - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8192DE

Info: Updated from Realtek version rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0007.0809.2012
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8192du - Realtek 802.11an WLAN driver for RTL8192DU

Info: Extracted from Realtek driver version v4.0.10_25039.20171107.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192dufw.bin
Version: 39.0

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8723e - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8723E

Info: Taken from Realtek version rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0007.0809.2012
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8723be - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8723BE

Info: From Vendor's realtek/rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628 driver
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
Info: Update to version 36 - Sent by Realtek
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8723de - Realtek 802.11ac WLAN driver for RTL8723DE

Info: Supplied by Vendor at https://github.com/pkshih/rtlwifi_rtl8723de
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723defw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8188ee - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8188EE

Info: Taken from Realtek version rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0010.0109.2013
File: rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8821ae - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8812AE

Info: From Vendor's realtek/rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628 driver
File: rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw_wowlan.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8821ae - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8821AE

Info: From Vendor's realtek/rtlwifi_linux_mac80211_0019.0320.2014V628 driver
File: rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin
Info: Update to version 29 - Sent by Realtek
File: rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw_29.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8822be - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8822BE

Info: Sent to Larry Finger by Realtek engineer Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
File: rtlwifi/rtl8822befw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtw88 - Realtek 802.11ac WLAN driver for RTL8822BE and RTL8822CE

Info: Sent to Larry Finger by Realtek engineer Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
File: rtw88/rtw8821a_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8822b_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8822c_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8723d_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8703b_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8703b_wow_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8812a_fw.bin
File: rtw88/rtw8814a_fw.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

Info:
    These firmware should be put under /lib/firmware/rtw88/
    And note that the rtw88 driver is able to support wake-on-wireless LAN
    for RTL8822C devices, after kernel v5.6+. So, make sure the firmware
    rtw88/rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin is also packed, otherwise the firmware load
    fail could be a problem.
    Although RTL8723D and RTL8703B devices are 802.11n devices, they
    are also supported by rtw88 because the hardware arch is similar.

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Driver: rtw89 - Realtek 802.11ax and 802.11be WLAN driver

File: rtw89/rtw8851b_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852a_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852b_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-2.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852bt_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852bt_fw-1.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852c_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852c_fw-1.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8852c_fw-2.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8922a_fw.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8922a_fw-1.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8922a_fw-2.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8922a_fw-3.bin
File: rtw89/rtw8922a_fw-4.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

   These firmware support 802.11ax chips including RTL8851B, RTL8852A,
   RTL8852B, RTL8852BT and RTL8852C and 802.11be chip including RTL8922A.

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Driver: rtl8192ee - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8192EE

Info: Initial version taken from Realtek version
      rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_8723be_92ee_linux_mac80211_0017.1224.2013
      Updated Jan. 14, 2015 with file added by Realtek to
      http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git.
      Same firmware rtl8192eu_nic.bin so just link them
Link: rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin -> rtl8192eu_nic.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8723bs - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8723BS

Info: Firmware files extracted from data statements in Realtek driver
      v4.3.5.5_12290.20140916_BTCOEX20140507-4E40.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bs_bt.bin
Link: rtlwifi/rtl8723bs_nic.bin -> rtl8723bu_nic.bin
Link: rtlwifi/rtl8723bs_ap_wowlan.bin -> rtl8723bu_ap_wowlan.bin
Link: rtlwifi/rtl8723bs_wowlan.bin -> rtl8723bu_wowlan.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rtl8xxxu - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8XXX USB devices

Info: rtl8723au taken from Realtek driver
      rtl8723A_WiFi_linux_v4.1.3_6044.20121224
      Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_A.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B_NoBT.bin

Info: rtl8723bu taken from Realtek driver
      rtl8723BU_WiFi_linux_v4.3.16_14189.20150519_BTCOEX20150119-5844
      Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_nic.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_wowlan.bin
File: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_ap_wowlan.bin

Info: rtl8192eu taken from Realtek driver
      rtl8192EU_WiFi_linux_v5.11.2.1-18-g8e7df912b.20210527_COEX20171113-0047
      Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin
Version: 35.7
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_wowlan.bin
Version: 35.7
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_ap_wowlan.bin
Version: 18.0

Info: rtl8188fu taken from Realtek driver
      RTL8188FU_Linux_v4.3.23.6_20964.20170110
      Firmware was embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8188fufw.bin

File: rtlwifi/rtl8710bufw_SMIC.bin
Version: 16.0
File: rtlwifi/rtl8710bufw_UMC.bin
Version: 16.0

Info: rtl8188eu taken from Realtek driver version
      v5.2.2.4_25483.20171222.
      Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
Version: 28.0

Info: rtl8192fu taken from Realtek driver version
      v5.15.2-53-g9bfbc74cf.20230615_COEX20220422-2b07.
      Firmware is embedded in the driver as data statements. This info
      has been extracted into a binary file.
File: rtlwifi/rtl8192fufw.bin
Version: 7.3

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: r8169 - RealTek 8169/8168/8101 ethernet driver.

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw
Version: 0.0.4

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw
Version: 0.0.5

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw
Version: 0.0.4

File: rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw
Version: 0.0.3

File: rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168g-1.fw
Version: 0.0.3

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw
Version: 0.0.1

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125b-1.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125d-1.fw
Version: 0.0.7

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125d-2.fw
Version: 0.0.4

File: rtl_nic/rtl8126a-2.fw
Version: 0.0.2

File: rtl_nic/rtl8125bp-2.fw
Version: 0.0.4

File: rtl_nic/rtl8126a-3.fw
Version: 0.0.5

File: rtl_nic/rtl8127a-1.fw
Version: 0.0.5

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.r8169 for details.

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Driver: r8152 - Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters

File: rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8153a-3.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8153a-4.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8153b-2.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8153c-1.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8156a-2.fw
File: rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.rtlwifi_firmware.txt for details.

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Driver: rt1320 - Realtek rt1320 ASoC audio driver.

File: realtek/rt1320/rt1320-patch-code-vab.bin
Version: 0.0.1

File: realtek/rt1320/rt1320-patch-code-vc.bin
Version: 1.0.0

File: realtek/rt1320/rt1321-patch-code-va.bin
Version: 1.3.0

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.rt1320 for details.

