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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@gmail.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>,
	Tobias Schlemmer <keinstein_junior@gmx.net>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rtl8187b Problem with tx level
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:10:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A9C3C59.5010305@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ace41890908311157v4fbc9829j6db9c91ef6fff3c7@mail.gmail.com>

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> 
> I just took a look at the history - there aren't obvious bug fixes, a
> bunch of work queue-related changes from you & Johannes; feature-wise,
> Larry added LED blinking after 2.6.30, and Herton added rfkill support
> quite recently after 2.6.31-rc7 . But no, there isn't any change that
> would affect tx level beyond 2.6.31-rc7, I think.

Your analysis matches my recollection.

Apparently RealTek is supplying a closed-source driver for RTL8187B
these days. There are no sources for the B on their web site. In
addition, the one that Tobias loaded tainted his kernel.

Larry


  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-31 21:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-30 20:44 rtl8187b Problem with tx level Tobias Schlemmer
2009-08-30 23:00 ` Larry Finger
2009-08-31  9:59   ` Tobias Schlemmer
2009-08-31 15:49     ` Larry Finger
2009-08-31 16:51       ` Tobias Schlemmer
2009-08-31 17:55 ` Hin-Tak Leung
2009-08-31 18:02   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-31 18:32     ` Hin-Tak Leung
2009-08-31 18:41       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-31 18:57         ` Hin-Tak Leung
2009-08-31 21:10           ` Larry Finger [this message]
2009-08-31 21:18             ` Gábor Stefanik
2009-08-31 21:38               ` Larry Finger
2009-08-31 23:16                 ` Hin-Tak Leung
2009-09-01 13:13                   ` John W. Linville
2009-09-01 16:37                   ` Larry Finger
2009-09-02 10:28                     ` Hin-Tak Leung
2009-08-31 23:37               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-31 23:46                 ` Gábor Stefanik
2009-08-31 23:56                   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01  0:21                     ` Greg KH

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