Re: Q: support for AVM Fritz! WLAN USB in kernel 2.6.25+

[Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>]

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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:43 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 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.

Please let's keep the politics out of this. I know who wrote that
patch, I know the agenda behind it and the discussion accompanying it.
Conversely, I'm sure you know fully well that I have no way of putting
that question to any relevant person at AVM, and even if I had, it would
achieve exactly nothing at all. I am not interested in such fruitless
political discussions. I have a simple question, to which I would like
a simple answer.

> There is nothing we can do about closed source kernel modules, that is
> between you and the company producing it.

I did not ask anyone to do anything about any closed source kernel module.
Your killing of non-GPL USB drivers is an irreversible fait accompli I
won't waste my time to discuss. I really honestly just want to know if
there is a way to use this device with a 2.6.25 or later kernel.

Thanks,
Tilman


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