Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.220.227]:36636 "EHLO mail-fx0-f227.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933949AbZJMUp5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:45:57 -0400 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Ozan =?utf-8?q?=C3=87a=C4=9Flayan?= Subject: Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:44:32 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel" References: <4AD46380.9020308@pardus.org.tr> <200910131844.58983.bzolnier@gmail.com> <4AD4E60E.5030005@pardus.org.tr> In-Reply-To: <4AD4E60E.5030005@pardus.org.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200910132244.32835.bzolnier@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 13 October 2009 22:41:50 Ozan Çağlayan wrote: > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tuesday 13 October 2009 13:24:48 Ozan Çağlayan wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> In 2.6.31, there are USB device IDs common between both drivers. Should > >> a distribution enable both drivers? What do you suggest? Are there any > >> *known issues* stuff for one of them? > >> > > > > My advice to distributions for such situations is to ship both but make > > one driver the default one. > > By saying to make one driver the default one, you mean avoiding the > other from getting probed automatically by clearing the device id tables? Yes but rather using /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf than clearing id tables so it is easier to switch drivers..