Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:4055 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753976AbYBOVJZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:09:25 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:33:59 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Adam Turk Cc: Herbert Xu , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.25-rc1 and no /dev/rt73usb Message-ID: <20080215203359.GB3054@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080215_210930_676838_0C0DCFD0) References: <20080215050358.GA10363@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0500, Adam Turk wrote: > > > You need to enable KMOD. Otherwise you must manually preload > > the relevant modules. > > I thought that was what udev was for? Anyway I recompiled with KMOD enabled and I have partial success. I nolonger get any errors when I plug in my wireless card. > dmesg says: > usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb > > I do a ifconfig rt73usb up and I get a device not found. > I do a ifconfig -a and see the card is called wlan0 and wmaster0. > So there is a disparity having somewhere. wlan0 or rt73usb? Which is it? wlan0 -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com