On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:43 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 04:52:41PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Commit 782e70c6fc2290a0395850e8e02583b8b62264d8, which went into >> 2.6.25, broke AVM's closed-source driver for this device: >> >> ID 057c:62ff AVM GmbH WLAN USB v1.1 (cdrom mode) >> ID 057c:6201 AVM GmbH WLAN USB v1.1 >> >> Is there an open source alternative for that driver, or do systems >> with that device have to stay with kernel 2.6.24? > > Please ask AVM, they have known about this for over 2 years now. Please let's keep the politics out of this. I know who wrote that patch, I know the agenda behind it and the discussion accompanying it. Conversely, I'm sure you know fully well that I have no way of putting that question to any relevant person at AVM, and even if I had, it would achieve exactly nothing at all. I am not interested in such fruitless political discussions. I have a simple question, to which I would like a simple answer. > There is nothing we can do about closed source kernel modules, that is > between you and the company producing it. I did not ask anyone to do anything about any closed source kernel module. Your killing of non-GPL USB drivers is an irreversible fait accompli I won't waste my time to discuss. I really honestly just want to know if there is a way to use this device with a 2.6.25 or later kernel. Thanks, Tilman
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