Thread: RTL8187 (r8187 driver)
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pinoverclock is offline pinoverclock
2010-12-04 , 13:33
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#28
Legacy rtl8187 use net80211 witch is included by default in the stock and power kernels, so i thought it sould just work.

Recent kernels (2.6.27 and newer) contain a fully-functional driver for RTL8187B - it's the same driver as the new one for RTL8187L, rtl8187. You should consider trying that version. The new driver is mac80211-based, so the usual mac80211 rules apply.
Source: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?...869cc901b6514f

I compiled just the modules not the entire kernel and copied the rtl8187 module to /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power10/ at N900 and tried to insmod it.
No luck so far.
When i edited the config i was whiling to find CONFIG_RTL8187_LEDS option too but it was not present, anyway CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y was set

If you do lsmod | grep ieee will see there's no ieee80211 module loaded.
mac80211 is loaded by the built in wifi card module wl12xx.

I had always work with rtl8187 included at kernels (2.6.27 and newer) for browsing and compiled r8187 for monitor/injection task at debian without problems.