Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:45565 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754041AbZJNBxn (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:53:43 -0400 Subject: Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870 From: Mike Galbraith To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Ivo van Doorn , Ozan =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=87a=C4=9Flayan?= , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <200910132121.25743.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: <4AD46380.9020308@pardus.org.tr> <200910131927.24136.bzolnier@gmail.com> <200910132017.47748.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200910132121.25743.bzolnier@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:52:55 +0200 Message-Id: <1255485175.7115.5.camel@marge.simson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 21:21 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Tuesday 13 October 2009 20:17:47 Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > On Tuesday 13 October 2009 17:52:52 Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > > > > > > I am going to merge rt2800pci soon as well and after that I'll send a patch > > > > > > Great, I've been waiting for this for a long time. > > > > > > > to remove all Ralink drivers from the staging tree. > > > > > > Till new drivers obtain support for all hardware currently covered by > > > the unified staging drivers the latter shouldn't be removed as they > > > serve well their role as a temporary solution allowing real Linux users > > > to user their real hardware and as a reference material for developers > > > willing to work on adding the missing bits to new drivers. > > > > The rt2800pci and rt2800usb drivers cover support for rt2860/rt2870/rt3070 devices, > > which are present as individual drivers in the staging tree. So far it only managed > > There are no longer individual drivers. > > Instead there is one shared source code and two device drivers: > > - rt2860 covering RT2860 and RT3090 devices > > - rt2870 covering RT2870 and RT3070 devices > > In comparison rt2800usb currently lacks RT3070 support and rt2800pci's > RT3090 support is basic at best (not to mention that it didn't work for > RT2860 last time that I tried).. (or RT2870 here)