Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:21:19 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Full specifications available for RealTek 8180 wireless chipset |
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Roberto Di Cosmo wrote: > Having experienced a large set of delusions using the closed source > drivers for the RealTek 8180 wireless chipset available on > RealTek web site on a stock kernel 2.4.20, that do confirm the > posting of fedor@karpelevitch.net on September 11 2003 about > kernel freeze with stock 2.4.22, I politely complained with > RealTek, suggesting they open the code or release the chipset > specifications to the community. > > I received today the full chipset specifications, that I uploaded > to http://www.dicosmo.org/RTL8180spec_1_3.pdf > > I hope this may help, if somebody is willing to undertake writing > a real, full fledged, Linux-quality driver for this chipset. > > Sorry for not being able to do this myself.
Having announced this to thousands of people -- including RealTek subscribers, no doubt -- you have poisoned any effort to write a driver off this obviously-stolen document.
I hope others learn from your example, of what NOT to do.
Thanks for damaging my efforts to work on this through RealTek,
Jeff
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