Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751570AbZICMss (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:48:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750912AbZICMsr (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:48:47 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:38813 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750718AbZICMsr (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:48:47 -0400 X-Authenticated: #1587495 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/aabkCz8DaHeWyeTgS8pM6T1AL1kR+M6yW27MhNd 6Z6Hu6HrO4fgzl From: "Stefan Lippers-Hollmann" To: Greg KH Subject: Re: Staging tree status for the .32 kernel merge Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:48:43 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (Linux/2.6.31-rc8-sidux-amd64; KDE/4.3.1; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Johannes Berg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Kalle Valo References: <20090903041429.GA29875@kroah.com> <1251967786.3336.19.camel@johannes.local> In-Reply-To: <1251967786.3336.19.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200909031448.46943.s.L-H@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.53 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1540 Lines: 40 Hi On Thursday 03 September 2009, Johannes Berg wrote: > Hi Greg, [...] > > - at76_usb wireless driver. Again, no one working on it, it > > will be dropped in .33. > > There's at76c...something...-usb now, with a situation similar to the > ar9170/otus one. [...] at76c50x-usb, the mac80211 port of at76_usb, has been merged mainline in 2.6.30, it works well on two at76c503a devices for me. Performance and features are comparable (there were WPA patches[1] around, CCMP for at76c505 devices only, but due to stability issues with the newer firmware, they weren't merged in staging or at76c50x-usb); both drivers sport an identical device coverage. The 802.11b chipsets themselves are no longer in production, but were rather common (also in handhelds) around 6-9 years ago. In their current state, at76_usb and at76c50x-usb are restricted to WEP64/ 128 or unencrypted networks and work equally well (at76c50x-usb without the strange quirks that happen with at76_usb). AT76C503A specification summary: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/1949S.PDF AT76C505 specification summary: http://www.atmel.com/atmel/acrobat/2364s.pdf [1] Original WPA patches: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/at76c503a-develop/2008-May/000240.html Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/