* Full specifications available for RealTek 8180 wireless chipset
@ 2003-10-16 8:56 Roberto Di Cosmo
2003-10-16 11:21 ` Jeff Garzik
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From: Roberto Di Cosmo @ 2003-10-16 8:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: fedor
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.
Yours
--Roberto Di Cosmo
P.S.: I apologize for posting without being subscribed to the list.
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* Re: Full specifications available for RealTek 8180 wireless chipset
2003-10-16 8:56 Full specifications available for RealTek 8180 wireless chipset Roberto Di Cosmo
@ 2003-10-16 11:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-10-16 12:45 ` roberto
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From: Jeff Garzik @ 2003-10-16 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roberto Di Cosmo; +Cc: linux-kernel, fedor
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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* Re: Full specifications available for RealTek 8180 wireless chipset
2003-10-16 11:21 ` Jeff Garzik
@ 2003-10-16 12:45 ` roberto
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From: roberto @ 2003-10-16 12:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: Roberto Di Cosmo, linux-kernel, fedor
Who told you the document is stolen?
I received it *officially* from RealTek's support people.
Nevetheless, since you seem to imply that people inside RealTek might "leak"
this document against the orders of their hierarchy, I am removing it, and
I will only put it back online, and reannounce it, when I have _written_
authorization from their headquarters, instead of just a mail.
Thanks for casting doubt on the honesty and reliability of RealTek's
employees, something I would never have imagined before your post
--Roberto Di Cosmo
>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> writes:
Jeff> 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.
Jeff> Having announced this to thousands of people -- including RealTek
Jeff> subscribers, no doubt -- you have poisoned any effort to write a
Jeff> driver off this obviously-stolen document.
Jeff> I hope others learn from your example, of what NOT to do.
Jeff> Thanks for damaging my efforts to work on this through RealTek,
Jeff> Jeff
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