Realtek RTL8187B Driver in Karmic

[Tim Gardner]

Tim Gardner wrote:
> 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
> 

Scratch that last statement. The driver in mainline has support for the
_exact_ same set of devices. My grep accidentally included some Realtek
devices in staging.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com