Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:39354 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753251AbYIVVt4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:49:56 -0400 Subject: Re: what is the states of rt2800 driver? From: Mattias Nissler To: Ivo van Doorn Cc: "Xu, Martin" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Selbak, Rolla N" In-Reply-To: <200809222318.44222.IvDoorn@gmail.com> References: <200808272222.53719.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200809221937.35900.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <1222117314.4670.10.camel@localhost> <200809222318.44222.IvDoorn@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:49:53 +0200 Message-Id: <1222120193.4587.1.camel@localhost> (sfid-20080922_234959_893801_D2603C3C) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 23:18 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > On Monday 22 September 2008, Mattias Nissler wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 19:37 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > > On Monday 22 September 2008, Xu, Martin wrote: > > > > Hi: > > > > I am the engineer from intel, and we are working on Moblin project( > > > > www.moblin.org). Now we work on eeepc901 platform. The rt2860 wireless > > > > device is used by the platform. We hope the device driver can be > > > > supported in the kernel mainline. > > > > Could you please tell me the states of the device driver? Do you have > > > > schedule on it? > > > > > > Nothing has changed since my last announcement to the linux-wireless list > > > regarding the rt2800 drivers. > > > That means that the drivers are not ready, and I have abandonded all schedules > > > which could indicate when the first test version of the driver can be released. > > > > > > Mattias Nissler has joined the rt2800 development party, so I really hope > > > he has some fresh ideas an how to get the driver development forward again. > > > > Indeed, I started poking around today. Ivo, do you have version of the > > legacy rt2870 usb driver that compiles and works on recent development > > kernels? > > I only managed to compile it on 2.6.25 (but haven't tried hard to get it working > for 2.6.26 and higher), is that recent enough? Hm, I'm trying to get it to run current rt2x00.git/experimental, so I can directly compare I/O that's going to the device without rebooting. I'm having some trouble with the threads used in the Ralink driver, but I think I'll have that sorted out shortly. Mattias