AC1300 Wireless Adapters

Drivers

• "RTW88" built-in kernel (require firmware) https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88
• "88x2bu-20210702" for RTL8822BU https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702

Kernel configuration

KERNEL

Device Drivers --->
  - Generic Driver Options
    - Firmware loader
      - Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary. Add those two files:
        - regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s
[*] Networking support  --->
  - Networking options
    - [*] Packet socket
  - [*] Wireless  --->
    - <*>   cfg80211 - wireless configurtion API
    - <*>   Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
  - <*>   RF switch subsystem support ---> 
Cryptographic API --->
   - Accelerated Cryptographic Algorithms for CPU (x86)  --->
     - <*> Ciphers: AES, modes: ECB, CBC, CTS, CTR, XTR, XTS, GCM (AES-NI)

Troubleshooting

"wlan0: Failed to initialize driver interface"

Make sure that you enabled:

KERNEL

- [*] Networking support  --->
  - Networking options
    - [*] Packet socket

See also

• AC1200 Wireless Adapters
• Handbook:AMD64/Networking/Wireless