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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:38:13 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: rtl8187b Problem with tx level
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G?bor 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