Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:49364 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752492AbZDUOAx (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:00:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:53:47 -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: <20090421135347.GH17805@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090421_160057_670934_5FBCCDAC) References: <49E632A1.1050605@gmail.com> <20090415212103.GA5202@kroah.com> <200904182318.56512.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <20090420135940.GB3369@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:42:46PM +0200, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:59 PM, John W. Linville > > wrote: > >> 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? > > > > It is not "Some frames" it is "All frames" you can't get a DHCP lease, > > or use a static IP and try to do anything. > > To clarify a bit, this behavior summarizes the first minute after association, > after that all frames queued in the past minute are bursted out in a single shot > and normal traffic is possible again. Ah, well in that case I'd say let's get it into at least wireless-testing. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.