Comment 61 for bug 215802

So ... here is an update:

1st - Nacho's driver does not work at all for my 10.04 64bit box ... it is hit and miss on the compile, but I lose my wlan0 interface, it's jsut gone !!

here is the e-mail I got from Realtek about their support for 64bit

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de Jerry-RealtekFAE <...@realtek.com>
para Rogerio Luz Coelho <luz.rogerio@...>
cc wlanfae <...realtek.com>
data 28 de fevereiro de 2010 22:45
assunto Re: 8187b for linux 64bits

Dear Sir/Madam

Thanks for your e-mail.
The RTL8187B Linux driver just only support 32bit os.

Best Regards
Jerry

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The GREAT NEWS is that there is a Brasilian developer in the kernel-wireless list that seems to have fixed the problem:

I am actually using the 8187b card with a Ubuntu 10.04 box 64 bit about 30 meters from the router, and conection is as good it seems as with Win7 ...

Will test more of this connection so it can be patched in the kernel, but it will take a HUGE TIME to come down to a kernel compiled for Ubuntu, my advice is getting the patch, apllying it to the source of the driver and recompiling the driver against your running kernel ...

Will ask him if I can post it here, as soon as he responds will post it and maybe some 2.6.32-25 kernel packages with it already installed

Rogerio