On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Jason Self <jason.self@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Stefanik Gábor <netroller.3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Can you check the actual print on the chip itself? "RTL8187L" and "RTL8187B" are supported currently. Also, what is the USB device ID of the chip? 0x8187, 0x8189, 0x8197 and 0x8198 are known to work in the latest preview kernels. > > The RTL8187SE is a Mini PCIe version of the Realtek 8187 wireless > chipset. I just purchased my MSI Wind a few days ago and I'd rather > not void the warranty by taking it apart just yet. Here is an image > from someone that was: > http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/07/breaking-wind/10-8.jpg. > It looks to say RTL8102E. The RTL8102E is the wired Ethernet chip. (Lspci misidentifies it as RTL8101E.) > > Running lspci -nn returns: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express > Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile > 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) > 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile > 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller > [8086:27a6] (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI > Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI > Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02) > 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge > [8086:2448] (rev e2) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC > Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02) > 00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 > Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02) > 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus > Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02) > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02) > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > Device [10ec:8199] (rev 22) > > More information about the RTL8187SE can be obtained from their website: > http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=40&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=172 > > Some people have reported getting it to work with ndiswrapper. I have > not tried this as I do not want to load propreitary software on my > machine. > > Until the last few months it had no Linux driver. A user on the > msiwind.net forums emailed Realtek about this, and they received a > driver that was not listed on their site. The driver didn't compile > for the 2.6.24 kernel included in ubuntu hardy, but with some > modifications it compiles and is reported to work, although some > report problems. Their current version is available here: > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20052864/rtl8187se_linux_26.1023.1118.2008.tar.gz > > Bug # 246141 on Ubuntu Launchpad has lots more information. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Looks like this is a MiniPCIE card, so the chip is essentially an RTL8187 or RTL8187B with the USB communication part replaced with a PCI Express one. Given the existence of this open-source driver, adding support for it into rtl818x should not really be a problem. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
