Re: [PATCH v11 1/7] wifi: rtw88: add the RTL8723B chip type and SDIO helper

From: Peter Robinson

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 04:10:48 EST


On Wed, 16 Sept 2026 at 05:02, Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The RTL8723B is a 802.11n combo chip whose SDIO variant, RTL8723BS, runs
> > a Realtek vendor firmware that differs from the firmware used by the
> > other rtw88 8723 family devices. Supporting it needs a number of small
> > adjustments spread across the shared core, all of which have to be
> > restricted to this one chip and bus combination.
> >
> > Add the chip type and a helper that tests for it, so the changes that
> > follow can be gated without repeating the chip and bus comparison.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Apologies for the late reply but if it's useful:
Tested-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> # Pine64+ and Pine64-LTS

> 7 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.
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> 673662a0411e wifi: rtw88: add the RTL8723B chip type and SDIO helper
> 5f92fb993456 wifi: rtw88: rx: mark zero length packets on RTL8723BS
> 4d688f22ebbf wifi: rtw88: tx: extend the TX report purge timeout to RTL8723BS
> b81ead28aeb1 wifi: rtw88: sdio: zero the padding added to a TX transfer
> 5a95bd460175 wifi: rtw88: sdio: track free TX pages and OQT credits for RTL8723BS
> 8c17eb82a0fb wifi: rtw88: sdio: set up RX aggregation and interrupts for RTL8723BS
> 28eaf7971a20 wifi: rtw88: sdio: add TX back-pressure and retry on page starvation
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> https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git
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