Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:61485 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753827AbYDBRbc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:31:32 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so2932330fgb.17 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:31:29 -0700 (PDT) To: Thomas =?iso-8859-15?q?B=E4chler?= Subject: Re: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:32:25 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <35856.201.36.161.238.1206999707.squirrel@mamao.cetuc.puc-rio.br> <200804012009.02448.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <47F35E1B.8000103@archlinux.org> In-Reply-To: <47F35E1B.8000103@archlinux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Message-Id: <200804021932.26046.IvDoorn@gmail.com> (sfid-20080402_183140_507501_D52179A5) From: Ivo van Doorn Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 02 April 2008, Thomas B=E4chler wrote: > Ivo van Doorn schrieb: > > Hi, > >=20 > >>>> Is the last kernel code working with RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardb= us/mini-PCI? > >>> With 'latest' do you mean: > >>> latest 2.6.25-rc kernel? > >>> latest wireless-testing git snapshot > >>> latest rt2x00 git snapshot > >>> > >>> The latter 2 should work fine, the first one has known issues > >>> but the state variates per person. > >> I was complaining about speed a while ago, so after reading this p= ost, I=20 > >> thought I should try again and tell you: > >> > >> The version in wireless-testing seems to work great, a test downlo= ad=20 > >> gave me 1.24MB/s, which is about the same speed I get with my (Int= el=20 > >> wireless) laptop. I am using rt2500pci. > >> > >> Does the above mean that the stock driver in 2.6.25 will still be = slow? > >=20 > > Most likely yes. > > Although I hear mixed reports, some say it depends on the rate sele= ction > > algorithm, some claim rt2x00 in 2.6.24 is faster then wireless-test= ing and > > others claim the exact opposite. > > At the moment it is hard to tell, but I haven't collected data yet = with specific > > information about the used rate selection module and exact data tra= nsfer > > numbers. > >=20 > > Ivo > >=20 >=20 > I rebuilt 2.6.25-rc8 (again) to use the 'simple' algorithm instead of= =20 > the 'PID' algorithm by default. rt2500pci is still fast! Good to hear. :) Thanks for the test. Ivo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html