On 13.01.2014 20:28, Priscila Veiga wrote: > Hello kernel-list :) > > I have tried with AWUS036H (usb-wifi) that uses driver rtl8187 in F19 and F20 (kernel-3.11 until 3.12.6) but the card stops working (I still need to generate a dump, yeah) after 10 or 15 minutes (it hangs and disconnect). Using airodump-ng I notice no beacons are got, unless of my own bssid. > > I tested kali-linux (that is debian) and the card works pretty well. > > I compared the driver provided by RealTek ( http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=1&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#362 ) and Red Hat ( https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/sources/source_rpms/kernel-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6/tree/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.h ) and there seems to be differences since the beginning. > > As far I was able to check the Fedora and RHEL drivers are the same. Debian seems use the one provided by RealTek but already compiled (of course). > > If you google you will notice this issue (no beacons) is reported since 2010. > > Someone already was able to make rtl8187l work in Fedora? How? > Our driver is old? Is the same provided by RealTek or we would need a backport? > > Speaking about "backport" I tried use backports ( http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~mcgrof/rel-html/backports/ ) but no luck too. I didn't investigated why once Fedora was not working before anyway. > > Any feedback, comments, words, are welcome. > > Thanks! $ modinfo -F author rtl8187 Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@xxxxxxxxx> $ cat rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/authors Andrea Merello <andreamrl@xxxxxxxxxx> It will probably cost you a bottle of wine and a kilo of pasta. ;) Parmigiano doesn't hurt, too. poma _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
