#1151108 ITP: rtl8821ce -- DKMS source for the Realtek RTL8821CE combo Wi-Fi/Bluetooth driver

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2026-10-17 10:28:52 UTC
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* Package name    : rtl8821ce
  Version         : 5.5.2+git20261017.1f8ec40-1
  Upstream Author  : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
* URL              : https://github.com/Smech-Labs/rtl8821ce
* License          : GPL-2, except two files containing embedded firmware
                      microcode with no corresponding source form -- see
                      debian/copyright. That's why this package targets
                      non-free-firmware rather than main.
  Programming Lang : C (kernel module)
  Description      : DKMS source for the Realtek RTL8821CE combo Wi-Fi/Bluetooth driver

Realtek's out-of-tree driver for the RTL8821CE PCIe combo Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
chip, as used in a number of consumer laptops (including HP's 25x G8
series). The in-tree rtw88 driver only supports the Wi-Fi half of the
chip; this driver additionally brings up Bluetooth.

This is a fork of tomaspinho/rtl8821ce, archived by its upstream
maintainer in 2026 with no successor, patched to build against current
kernels (cfg80211 wireless_dev-based ops, strncpy() removal, removed
AppleTalk structs).

I'm new to Debian packaging (currently working toward NM), so this will
be my first upload -- happy to take guidance from debian-mentors along
the way.