Add drivers for Realtek wireless hardware
Test kernels with these updates are available here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel5/ Any interested parties should try those kernels and report the results here...thanks!
Test kernels w/ drivers from 2.6.26 available here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel5/ Please give them a try and post the results here...thanks!
in kernel-2.6.18-107.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
This bug (feature request) has been marked for inclusion in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Release Notes. To aid in the development of relevant and accurate release notes, please fill out the "Release Notes" field above with the following 4 pieces of information: Cause: What actions or circumstances induced the feature request. Consequence: What action was inhibited by the feature's absence. Fix: What was done to implement the feature. Result: now happens when the actions or circumstances above occur. (NB: this is not the same as 'the feature request was fulfilled')
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Cause: Realtek wireless hardware was not supported in RHEL5. Consequence: Owners of this hardware could not use wireless networks. Fix: The upstream rtl8180 driver and the upstream rtl8187 driver were backported to RHEL5 from upstream kernel version 2.6.26. Result: Most Realtek 802.11b/g devices now work with RHEL5.
Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1,7 +1 @@ -Cause: Realtek wireless hardware was not supported in RHEL5. +the rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers for Realtek wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.26.- -Consequence: Owners of this hardware could not use wireless networks. - -Fix: The upstream rtl8180 driver and the upstream rtl8187 driver were backported to RHEL5 from upstream kernel version 2.6.26. - -Result: Most Realtek 802.11b/g devices now work with RHEL5.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html