I'd be happy to see that firmware integrated in firmware-realtek. Note that this driver works properly for my RTL8191SEvB (netbook wireless card).
$ sudo lspci -s 13:00.0 -nnv 13:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at f0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 88-55-22-fe-ff-4c-e0-00 Kernel driver in use: rtl819xSE I'm using wheezy $ uname -a Linux atom 2.6.38-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thanks. Julien