Return-path: Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]:39847 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933868AbYBON14 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:27:56 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so349801nfb.21 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:27:51 -0800 (PST) To: rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Rt2400-devel] Both rt2500usb and rt73 claim USB device 148f:2573 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:20:27 +0100 Cc: Pavel Roskin , Mark Wallis , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <1203056096.30732.63.camel@dv> <20080215020738.7i4ba6miv4kk8cow@webmail.spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <20080215020738.7i4ba6miv4kk8cow@webmail.spamcop.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200802151420.28082.IvDoorn@gmail.com> (sfid-20080215_132817_272281_6B4EEAFA) From: Ivo van Doorn Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Friday 15 February 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Quoting Mark Wallis : > > > Hi Pavel, > > > > On 15/02/2008, at 5:14 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > >> My Level One WNC-0301USB v3 has USB ID 148f:2573, which is listed as > >> compatible both in rt2500usb.c and rt73usb.c. It only works with rt73 > >> but not with rt2500usb. > >> > >> Is this duplication intentional? > > > > I'm afraid so. That particular manufacturer I believe changed the > > chipset they were using without updating their USD device ID's. We have > > seen this a few times now and the only solution we have been able to > > provide is to give the users instructions for blacklisting the > > incorrect driver. > > > > I believe this has been discussed on this list previously. > > Thanks and sorry for the noise. P.S. your lucky it is only listed in 2 drivers. Some USB ID's (mostly coming from Linksys) are known to have 4 different drivers variating from Broadcom, Prism and Ralink. ;) Ivo