RTL8180+RTL818x support

[Stefan Bader]

Tim Gardner wrote:
> Stefan Bader wrote:
>> There seem to be several reports complaining about those rtl drivers:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/156050
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/184788
>>
>> Possibly there are more. So far it seems there are rtl8187 and rtl8150
>> drivers in the kernel (how well those work I do not know). There does
>> not seem to be a driver for rtl8180.
>>
>> What I got from some links in reports is the svn base from
>> http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net
>> + a compat patch (in the lbm-addon tar)
>> + a patch to cleanly build outside (export renames and a bit of cleanup)
>>
>> All at zinc.ubuntu.com:smb~/4review
>>
>> Probably the best way to go would be to create another ppa package that
>> includes the external driver and gather reports. Thoughts?
>>
>> Stefan
>>
> 
> That seems like a reasonable approach.
> 
> Since not everyone subscribed to this list has an account on zinc,
> perhaps you could post your review notes at http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb
> 
> rtg

It is there: http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/rtl-wifi/

Stefan