From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: support for AVM Fritz! WLAN USB in kernel 2.6.25+
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080731163843.GB9606@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4891D1B9.70703@imap.cc>
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 04:52:41PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> Commit 782e70c6fc2290a0395850e8e02583b8b62264d8, which went into
> 2.6.25, broke AVM's closed-source driver for this device:
>
> ID 057c:62ff AVM GmbH WLAN USB v1.1 (cdrom mode)
> ID 057c:6201 AVM GmbH WLAN USB v1.1
>
> Is there an open source alternative for that driver, or do systems
> with that device have to stay with kernel 2.6.24?
Please ask AVM, they have known about this for over 2 years now.
There is nothing we can do about closed source kernel modules, that is
between you and the company producing it.
good luck,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-31 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-31 14:52 Q: support for AVM Fritz! WLAN USB in kernel 2.6.25+ Tilman Schmidt
2008-07-31 15:25 ` Johannes Berg
2008-07-31 16:34 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-07-31 16:50 ` John W. Linville
2008-07-31 22:13 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-07-31 22:43 ` Eugeniy Meshcheryakov
2008-08-01 23:30 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-02 8:28 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-02 21:58 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-02 23:12 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-03 0:45 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-03 0:57 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-03 3:43 ` Greg KH
2008-08-03 9:11 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-03 21:10 ` Kamil Dzida
2008-08-01 19:04 ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-07-31 16:38 ` Greg KH [this message]
2008-07-31 21:34 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-07-31 21:50 ` Greg KH
2008-07-31 22:55 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-07-31 23:26 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-01 8:45 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-01 8:50 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-01 8:58 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-01 9:05 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-08-01 9:25 ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-08-01 8:45 ` Felipe Balbi
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