Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f163.google.com ([209.85.218.163]:35046 "EHLO mail-bw0-f163.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753904AbZD3JvW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:51:22 -0400 Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so1690379bwz.37 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:51:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:51:20 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20090430_115126_739337_CA708C4D) Subject: Re: rt73usb Access point status From: Luis Correia To: Jon Fairbairn Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:39, Jon Fairbairn wrote: > > Since no one responded to my previous post, I thought maybe > the subject line wasn't attractive enough... > > On the wiki at > in the AP column it says "yes" with a footnote to the effect that > it's "in development". =A0Please can someone clarify this for me? > > Can I reasonably expect to get an AP going with a usb dongle > that requires this driver? Building the latest patched > version of the driver is fine, but modifying the driver code > would be beyond my (present) capabilities. Yes, you would manage to get it going without major hassles, but as always YMMV... I know that the Portuguese Classmate-PC clone, Magalh=E3es, has a rt73usb and the guys have managed to get it going with a 2.6.27 kernel + hostapd. I can ask for specifics if you need. > If someone can say what "in development" means, I can modify > the text of the wiki to reflect this. It may be a description about an older status :) > -- > J=F3n Fairbairn =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk > Luis Correia rt2x00 project admin -- 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