Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.153]:27472 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752228AbYJ1FzB (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:55:01 -0400 Message-ID: <2411f6b20810272254u4c13efb7w1cf8fb68145fcb14@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081028_065508_574973_17DB9158) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:24:59 +0530 From: "Joey Krane" To: "Greg KH" Subject: Re: [otus-devel] Release of Atheros 802.11n USB Linux driver Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "otus-devel@lists.madwifi-project.org" , "Johannes Berg" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Linux-Kernel , "Luis Rodriguez" In-Reply-To: <20081028002919.GB2992@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <43e72e890810211904x7bd243dem68dfcfe7a795ec6f@mail.gmail.com> <20081022065045.GA2400@kroah.com> <20081023062655.GA8039@kroah.com> <20081023111103.GB5979@tesla> <43e72e890810271635i5b6dd6e4ua06b48e624991435@mail.gmail.com> <20081028002919.GB2992@kroah.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 04:35:11PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez >> wrote: >> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:26:55PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:50:45PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 07:04:17PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> > > We would like to see our Atheros 802.11n USB Linux driver upstream >> >> > > however we need help with this so we are releasing our Atheros 11n USB >> >> > > Otus Linux driver under the ISC to the community. The goal is to work >> >> > > with the community to help move this forward upstream. We are hoping >> >> > > for community help and leadership on this (*cough*). >> >> > >> >> > Yeah! >> >> > >> >> > I'll grab this and put it in drivers/staging/ so it gets some users and >> >> > more developers to help out with it. >> >> >> >> Ok, it seems to need some basic work to merely build properly on >> >> "modern" kernel versions. >> > >> > Yeah, it works up to 2.6.24. >> >> This is now fixed on the master branch, also the branch "for-upstream" >> does a lot of cleanup I thought you may like before stuffing it into >> staging like removing all KERNEL_VERSION checks, all wireless >> extensions checks, some compile warnings, removal of compat, dos2unix, >> use utf-8, etc. Unfortunately this still requires a specific version >> of wpa_supplicant but it seems it works. Not sure what bars you have >> for staging at this point. > > Pretty much the only "bar" is "it compiles" :) > >> Will you take this in, and expect patches for fixing it to use >> standard wext and also report standard wireless statistic (yeap, this >> is not there yet either). > > Yes, I can do that. > >> Joey is one user which reported the driver working now with the >> compile fixes for newer kernels for 2.6.28-rc2 using the specific >> version of wpa_supplicant for it. >> >> Joey can you test the for-upstream branch on otus git? > > If someone can tell me what device this is for, I can try to go buy it > so that I can verify changes I make don't drasticly break things. > I've tested the TL-WN821N (it's the cheapest N USB I think) with a generic 802.11g router (WPA enabled) on 2.6.24.7, 2.6.27.4 and 2.6.28-rc2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704032 I'll test the for-upstream branch soon. Joey