Comment 58 for bug 1240940

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Sayantan Das (sayantan13) wrote : Re: [Bug 1240940] Re: Need support for Realtek Wifi card rtl8723be [10ec:b723]

I tried that. For kernel 3.13-35 i got a kernel panic.

I tried 3.16 and had to set the following options

options rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0 ips=0
options MSI=1

Regards,

Sayantan Das

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On 21 September 2014 03:02, Paweł Kowalik <email address hidden>
wrote:

> >From https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83641#c1
>
> "There is a new version of this driver at GitHub. You will need to have
> the package with the kernel headers installed.
>
> git clone http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
> cd rtlwifi_new
> make
> sudo make install
>
> This version of the driver will be submitted for inclusion in kernel
> 3.18. I ran it for 39 hours with no disconnects."
>
> ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #83641
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83641
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240940
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> Title:
> Need support for Realtek Wifi card rtl8723be [10ec:b723]
>
> Status in HWE Next Project:
> Fix Released
> Status in HWE Next trusty series:
> Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “linux” source package in Trusty:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> This device is appearing in some OEM machines, but driver is not yet
> available upstream.
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