Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f163.google.com ([209.85.218.163]:43372 "EHLO mail-bw0-f163.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752969AbZD3J6L convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:58:11 -0400 Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so1693566bwz.37 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:58:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:58:09 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20090430_115816_491036_20248F26) 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: Jon, got the specifics. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:51, Luis Correia = wrote: > 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 kerne= l > + hostapd. I can ask for specifics if you need. The solution they have found is not optimal, b ut works in their scenar= io. You will need to modify hostapd, according to this blog post: http://eznemegy.blog.hu/2008/12/14/using_rt2x00_wireless_driver_with_ho= stapd HTH >> -- >> 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