Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f176.google.com ([209.85.219.176]:42512 "EHLO mail-ew0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751576AbZELT6V (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2009 15:58:21 -0400 Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so267564ewy.37 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 12:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 21:58:17 +0200 From: "Christoph .J Thompson" To: Jon Fairbairn Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rt73usb Access point status Message-Id: <20090512215817.bd1c6895.cjsthompson@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <557754.25367.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20090511035515.83c21b0c.cjsthompson@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 12 May 2009 09:16:12 +0100 Jon Fairbairn wrote: > Is there any prospec of persuading Ralink either to release > a mended version of the firmware or to free the old version? I think Ivo van Doorn said he didn't want to bother RaLink with that. I was thinking about writing to them about it but that's difficult because I don't really understand the technical specifics of the issue. But it would be really cool to have at least one USB WiFi adapter working for AP purposes. > I think my solution to that would involve HSS tools, but > your point is a good one. I've thought about that, but with the ALIX it's impractical. -- Christoph .J Thompson