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From: Klaas De Craemer <klaasdc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:07:03 +0100
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Subject: Re: RTL8187L: Can only "enable" hw radio switch after Windows boot
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: htl10@users.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br>
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Would there be any progress on this? I'm still having the same issue
on humid days.

Klaas

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 01:33, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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
>