On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 05:39:26PM +0100, Jos Vos wrote:
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:27:45AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> If I correctly interpret the data from smolt (which reports pci ids
> in decimal? really?), it looks like the pci id for the device in
> question is 10EC:8172. Unfortunately, none of the current rtlwifi
> sub-drivers claim that ID.
>
> So 2.6.38 will not support that device and 2.6.39 probably won't
> either. :-(
I found this info:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_11b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini-PCI_Expr...
Well, far be it from me to dispute a wiki... :-)
But seriously, the driver as it stands does not support your PCI ID.
Maybe just adding it would make your device work, but maybe not...
John
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