Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:09:18 -0200
From: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Klaas De Craemer <klaasdc@gmail.com>, htl10@users.sourceforge.net,
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Subject: Re: RTL8187L: Can only "enable" hw radio switch after Windows boot
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Em Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:33:47 -0600
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> escreveu:

> On 11/23/2010 03:06 PM, Klaas De Craemer wrote:
> > 
> > Don't worry, I live in Belgium and temperatures in winter rarely get
> > below -10 °C. I might just jam an USB cup heater in the enclosure...
> > 
> > If you think there is anything I can help you with, please let me
> > know. For now I'll try some more test variations to see if I can
> > find more clues.
> 
> I got drivers for XP and Linux from the Alfa site. I selected the
> high-power version, which should match your device.
> 
> I don't know what version is in the Windows version, but the Linux
> version has rtl8187_linux_26.1025.0328.2007, which is pretty old. I
> have rtl8187L_linux_26.1038.0626.2009,
> rtl8187L_linux_26.1039.0104.2010, and
> rtl8187L_linux_26.1040.0820.2010 on my disk. At this point, I'm not
> sure which version was used to generate the in-kernel Linux driver.
> Perhaps Herton remembers, but it had to be something about the 2007
> time frame.

For rfkill, if I remember correctly I based on
rtl8187B_linux_26.1036.0708.2008 release (the one which only used
rfkill_mask == 0x2), and verified on one of the more recent rtl8187L
releases to see if was the same.

But the initial driver was based on a release previous to
rtl8187B_linux_26.1033.0611.2008, that was available for a quanta il1
machine on the web (tarball show release date == 2007-09-19)

The old release rtl8187_linux_26.1025.0328.2007 doesn't have code to
check RF switch state, so may be the windows driver doesn't have it
too, and may be that's why it doesn't have the problem.

> 
> I had to build a new Windows XP system in a virtual machine. The one
> I already had won't run on the machine I have now and the original is
> in the shop. Access to the new host is restricted to mornings.
> 
> Larry

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