Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:36718 "EHLO mail-bw0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752113AbZHaXQE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:04 -0400 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so3138077bwz.37 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:16:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A9C42C5.6050400@lwfinger.net> References: <3ace41890908311055s5c49a25fjf69ca48024579d44@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890908311102q2ed9e8b3q8f1f15d45a29b2f1@mail.gmail.com> <3ace41890908311132g16783b68y2d1771ce1d2780d@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890908311141k6bcf5edbl6bce2b88670fb5f8@mail.gmail.com> <3ace41890908311157v4fbc9829j6db9c91ef6fff3c7@mail.gmail.com> <4A9C3C59.5010305@lwfinger.net> <69e28c910908311418l7f033b5bp7a9b443cd253304@mail.gmail.com> <4A9C42C5.6050400@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:16:04 +0100 Message-ID: <3ace41890908311616k4040d59fub051d21e822604d0@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: rtl8187b Problem with tx level From: Hin-Tak Leung To: Larry Finger Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Tobias Schlemmer , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/8/31 Larry Finger : > 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 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.