Re: CFT: Realtek 8187L wireless USB driver - urtw(4)

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:42:12PM +0500, Aleksey K. wrote:
> >Dear all,
> 
> >This driver supports 8187L which is one of Realtek's 8187x series and
> >I'm looking for testers who have this device.  :-)  With lack of H/W I
> >can't add codes for 8187/8187B devices that AFAIK they can share a lot
> >of codes and can be supported without modifying many part of codes.
> >
> >In my environment the basic features (WEP/WPA and etc ...) are worked
> >and the driver based on USB1 (not USB2) can be found at as follows:
> >
> >   http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/urtw_20081107.tar.gz
> >
> >I think a current problem of urtw(4) is poor RX/TX performance about
> >8 ~ 10Mbps due to mishandling the rate controlling and I'm not sure it
> >would easy to fix it without documents but I expect the connection would
> >be stable.
> >
> >Please let me know if you encounter any problems or opinions.  Always
> >patches to improve or enhance features are welcome!
> >
> >regards,
> >Weongyo Jeong
> 
> Hi. I have netbook MSI Wind U90X with wi-fi module - Realtek 8187SE.
> You plan to write the driver for this card? I could help with driver
> testing...

Maybe no due to no available H/W.  I don't have laptop having Mini-PCI
express slot that AFAIK 8187SE is Mini-PCI express.

regards,
Weongyo Jeong