Realtek RTL8187B Driver in Karmic

[Tim Gardner]

Carl J. Richell wrote:
>> Tim?
> 
> Hi Pete and Tim. Is it possible to include this driver? The Realtek RTL8187B is popular in netbooks - including our own.
> 
>> The kernel is in freeze now so it will be difficult.
> 
> My understanding is that kernel freeze occurs Oct. 15th.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Carl
> 

There is already support for this USB device in the mainline kernel. In
fact, drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x has support for more devices then the
OEM driver you attached in a previous email.

rtg

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