Return-path: Received: from mail3.webfaction.com ([70.85.44.146]:43152 "EHLO mail3.webfaction.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758202AbYHZTZE (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:25:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:27:31 -0400 From: Forest Bond To: drago01 Cc: Ivo van Doorn , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Are these Ralink chips supported? Message-ID: <20080826192731.GC26037@storm.local.network> (sfid-20080826_212508_844290_9BEF3D31) References: <20080805163234.GA22429@storm.local.network> <200808061014.10483.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <20080826191654.GB26037@storm.local.network> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv" In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 09:18:59PM +0200, drago01 wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Forest Bond = wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:14:10AM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > >> On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Forest Bond wrote: > >> > I'm having a hard time figuring out if the following wireless chips = are > >> > supported: > >> > > >> > * RT2770 + RT2720 > >> > >> I *think* this is the rt2870 driver. The in-kernel driver is under dev= elopment > > > > Okay, the RT2870 driver from Ralink works with this device, but it seem= s to be a > > bit quirky: > > > > * The device has to be brought up and down a few times before NetworkM= anager > > sees it. I'm not sure what NetworkManager is cueing off of. > > > > * I was unable to get the thing to associate and come up using > > iwconfig/ifconfig. Might have been my range on that AP, though, sinc= e I was > > shooting for an unencrypted network that is a not the closest network= in my > > building. > > > > * Usual odd bits with vendor drivers like odd build system subtleties = and > > seemingly unnecessary configuration files (does anyone really care to= fiddle > > with those, or doesn't everyone just want things to work with the sta= ndard > > configuration mechanisms like I do?). > > > > Is there an effort to move this driver in-tree? The license is GPL. >=20 > Thats what Ivo is doing, port the driver to rt2x00 to make it > acceptable for merging. Okay, sorry if I misunderstood. Is this driver usable and, if so, where ca= n the code be found? Thanks, Forest --=20 Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFItFkjRO4fQQdv5AwRAkMZAJ9YsWP8O/NqjvyjazcbJ5lKB/IBBgCeOL1Y Ei54iG1Nie+mrOWNPpchV/w= =Jxca -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv--