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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:10:49 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: rtl8187b Problem with tx level
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Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> 
> I just took a look at the history - there aren't obvious bug fixes, a
> bunch of work queue-related changes from you & Johannes; feature-wise,
> Larry added LED blinking after 2.6.30, and Herton added rfkill support
> quite recently after 2.6.31-rc7 . But no, there isn't any change that
> would affect tx level beyond 2.6.31-rc7, I think.

Your analysis matches my recollection.

Apparently RealTek is supplying a closed-source driver for RTL8187B
these days. There are no sources for the B on their web site. In
addition, the one that Tobias loaded tainted his kernel.

Larry