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There is something else about this r8180 driver. Here is the modinfo for the module: root@artume:/var/log# modinfo r8180 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.29.6-smp/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/RTL8185/r8180.ko description: Linux driver for Realtek RTL8185 WiFi cards author: Realsil Wlan license: GPL alias: pci:v000010ECd00008185sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001186d00003300sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001799d00006020sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001799d00006001sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008180sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: ieee80211-rtl vermagic: 2.6.29.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 parm: ifname:charp parm: devname: Net interface name, wlan%d=default parm: hwseqnum: Try to use hardware 802.11 header sequence numbers. Zero=default (int) parm: hwwep: Try to use hardware WEP support. Still broken and not available on all cards (int) parm: channels: Channel bitmask for specific locales. NYI (int) ************************************** As you can see, the license for this driver is GPL, so it could be added to the kernel source if the maintainers wanted to do so. I recall reading at one point or another Realtek wasn't cooperating so well with open source, but I don't know anything about the history there and this could very well be different now. |
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