Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:37805 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752827AbZEZIA3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:57:01 +0200 From: "John W. Linville" To: Galen P Zink Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ralink Status Message-ID: <20090526075700.GB3321@tuxdriver.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:27:52PM -0700, Galen P Zink wrote: > Ralink has released open source drivers for their 2800-series cards. I > presume they are GPL, given how closely they're tied to the kernel. Is > there any reasons these aren't coming into the linux tree? You must be new... :-) Those drivers are not properly integrated with existing kernel infrastructure. The rt2x00 team is working on support for that hardware, using those drivers as a reference where appropriate. Hth! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.