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linux-source-2.6.20 package

  1. Bug #78255
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 78255

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Peter Würtz (pwuertz) wrote : Re: [feisty] rtl8180 oops on kernel 2.6.20-4

This bug is a boot-stopper for ppl like me having this wlan chipset onboard. there is no BIOS option for disabling the wlan chipset and there is no way to prevent feisty from loading this driver.

For the 8187 chipset there are this dmesg lines:

rtl8187: WW:This driver has EXPERIMENTAL support for this chipset.
rtl8187: WW:use it with care and at your own risk and
rtl8187: WW:**PLEASE** REPORT SUCCESS/INSUCCESS TO <email address hidden>

Already tried to contact the person developing the driver, but got no response for like 2 weeks. Dont know if this driver has been abandoned.

I suggest to add r8187 and r818x /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist immediately until there is some movement regarding that driver in the kernel source.

People could still try to modprobe new versions of the driver (if there are any), but you should really stop this driver from loading at boot time!