On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:16:04AM +0100, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > 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. *sigh* So Realtek is actually going backwards in their level of support? Wonderful. Anyone have any real-life contacts at Realtek? We really need to get them on-board with the drivers in the kernel. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
