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Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin
Date 2026-06-13 19:00 +0200
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On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 13:20 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:08:21 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 12:47 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Thanks for reassigning this to the correct package. I'm curious to
> > > hear the reasons for the wontfix and upstream tags.
> > 
> > The file isn't present upstream, and I won't spend time trying to get
> > Realtek to add it.
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> Looking at upstream Git [1], I'm wondering if there is a typo in one filename:
> 
> rtl8723bs_bt.bin ... instead of the expected rtl8723bu_bt.bin?
[...]

They are for similar yet different chips.  The letters S and U indicate
variants that connect to SDIO or USB, if I understand correctly.

Ben.

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Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-12 14:20 +0200
  Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-12 14:50 +0200
  Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-06-13 12:20 +0200
  Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-13 12:30 +0200
    Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-06-13 19:00 +0200

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