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Re: [PATCH RFC] rtl8187: Call 8187L variants "RTL8187LvX" rather than "RTL8187vX"

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2009/4/14 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Gábor Stefanik wrote:
>> What do you mean by "the 'L' just isn't there most of the time"? AFAIK
>> there is no RTL8187 chip (without a letter suffix), only RTL8187L,
>> RTL8187B and RTL8187SE, and 8187L is not much more common that 8187B,
>> to warrant calling it "RTL8187" in any case.
>>
>
> For some reason, that is exactly what the vendor driver does. There are several
> places that refer to RTL8187B, but nowhere do they talk about the RTL8187. They
> do, however, refer to the RTL8187L as the chip name on their Web pile.
>
> Larry

The actual chips also have RTL8187L printed on them.

--Gábor


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