rsufw(4)

rsufw4

Firmware module for realtek driver

Usage

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device rsufw

This will include the firmware image, RTL8712, inside the kernel. rsu(4) will load the image into the chip.

Alternatively, to load the firmware images as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"

Overview

This module provides the firmware for the Realtek RTL8188SU and RTL8192SU chip based USB WiFi adapters. Please read Realtek's license, /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE.

Releases

30 releases since FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE; the text changed 16 times.

  1. 10.0
  2. 10.1
  3. 10.2
  4. 10.3
  5. 10.4
  6. 11.0
  7. 11.1
  8. 11.2
  9. 11.3
  10. 11.4
  11. 12.0
  12. 12.1
  13. 12.2
  14. 12.3
  15. 12.4
  16. 13.0–13.2
  17. 13.3–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.