Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:40675 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755549AbZDTOAv (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:59:40 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Ivo van Doorn Cc: Greg KH , Xose Vazquez Perez , dcbw@redhat.com, linux-wireless Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add vt6656 driver to drivers/staging. Message-ID: <20090420135940.GB3369@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090420_160055_544720_8A9084EA) References: <49E632A1.1050605@gmail.com> <20090415212103.GA5202@kroah.com> <200904182318.56512.IvDoorn@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200904182318.56512.IvDoorn@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:18:56PM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Hi, > > > > I hope rt2800pci/usb to be included *ASAP*, because rt2800usb supports > > > more than 1oo USB devices and rt2800pci is included in a lot of > > > laptops(ask Torvalds [1] [2]) > > > > > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121799144422863&w=2 > > > [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123187052023831&w=2 > > > > That would be great to have in, what's keeping it from happening? > > In short: A stable workable driver. > > The rt2800usb driver is pretty far (at least on my testsetup), but > still has problems with transmitting frames immediately after > association. I read this as "it works, but some frames are lost immediately after association" -- is that right? FWIW, this sounds good enough to me to get it into the mainline kernel. _Please_ submit the rt2800usb driver for wireless-testing/linux-next ASAP! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.