Comment 14 for bug 246141

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Alex French (grackle) wrote : Re: [Bug 246141] Re: no support for realtek rtl8187se

Good to hear that they're continuing to work on it. I'll be curious to know
how well it works, as I don't have a realtek card in my wind anymore.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Matthew <email address hidden> wrote:

> Once again, the drivers compiled fine, without any hacks. I've loaded
> them up and connected to my WPA secured network. Hopefully no dropouts
> this time.
>
> --
> no support for realtek rtl8187se
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246141
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> Status in "linux-meta" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> The RTL8187SE is a miniPCI version of the Realtek 8187 wireless chipset.
> Until recently, it had no linux driver. A user on the msiwind.net forums
> emailed realtek about this, and they received a GPL'd driver that was not
> listed on their site. The driver didn't compile for the 2.6.24 kernel
> included in ubuntu hardy, but after I made some modifications, it compiles
> and is reported to work.
>
> I have attached the driver from realtek. I will attach a patch in the next
> post.
>