stephan beal wrote:
i'm not sure if the r1000 driver is open source or not, to be honest. The source is available, but i don't know what the license is. i got the fix/info from here: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=36365
And the driver from here:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?lineid=1&famid=4&series=2004111&Software=True
(Achtung: that's probably word-wrapped)
It's under: "Linux driver for kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x, version 1.04"
i don't know if it's worth entering a bug report for because i don't really think it's a bug, but simply an omission (which might have legal grounds).
I suspect it is due to SUSE trying to keep the kernel as vanilla as possible, which is a Good Thing(R) IMHO. There's nothing wrong with external drivers, but they do need to be merged into the kernel-tree. (provided the manufacturer is willing of course). SUSE used to ship kernels with a whole truckload of special patches, drivers and what have you. It must have been a management nightmare. /Per Jessen