2009/8/31 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> >> The driver is not actually closed-source; they just don't provide any >> drivers on their site anymore, instead they send their reference >> drivers to OEMs, expecting the OEMs to release their own versions >> (with sources - most vendors who do release Linux drivers in fact only >> release sources, without binaries). The reason for this appears to be >> that Realtek now encourages vendors to sell RTL81xx wireless chips >> with modified USB IDs. (Or are you seeing a binary-only driver on >> realtek.com.tw? That would definitely be a GPL violation, given that >> they use a modified version of the GPLed libipw stack.) > > > No driver at all. I looked at the Toshiba site, but found only Windows > drivers. Which OEM has the driver available? > > Larry The r8187 is distributed from OEMs - stand to reason, as realtek don't really sell their own brand on high-street shops? We got one release e-mailed to us, and there are a few floating around on the internet under some laptop or usb hardware vendors. It is available under this, for example: http://service.one.de/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=NOTEBOOKS/ONE_A1XX/LINUX/Source-code/Wireless r8187mesh is the one in the mesh directory. -- 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
