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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:43 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
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Subject: Re: Q: support for AVM Fritz! WLAN USB in kernel 2.6.25+
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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.

There is nothing we can do about closed source kernel modules, that is
between you and the company producing it.

good luck,

greg k-h