Return-path: Received: from cpsmtpm-eml105.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.9]:57683 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML105.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755393Ab0CDU3J (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:29:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4B901811.2030708@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:29:05 +0100 From: Gertjan van Wingerde MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luis Correia CC: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=E9meth_M=E1rton?= , Ivo van Doorn , Linux Wireless List , users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.33 + Edimax EW-7318Ug? References: <4B8F5228.4080001@freemail.hu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/04/10 08:39, Luis Correia wrote: > Hi! > > 2010/3/4 N?meth M?rton : >> Hi, >> >> I'm new to the Edimax EW-7318Ug ( http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=3&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44 ) >> device. I could find out so far that there are different drivers for Linux >> which can be used with this device. I think this device have the RT73 chip. >> >> I tried Linux kernel 2.6.33, compiled with CONFIG_RT2X00=m and CONFIG_RT2X00_DEBUG=y >> (the full kernel config is attached). I copied the rt73.bin from >> http://www.edimax.com/images/Image/driver/Linux%20driver/Wireless/USB%20adaptor/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1.tar.zip >> to /lib/firmware/rt73.bin . > > While I'm not 100% sure, this may be one of those devices thas has > it's ID in both rt2500usb and rt73usb. > > Besides prying it open to see which is the actual chip used, there is > little we can do, software side, to be sure of which exact driver > should be used. > > But to be honest, I can't really recall which exact driver ID conflict. > By the looks of it (at the Edimax website) this is a true rt73 device. And that seems to be supported by the dmesg output posted by N?meth, where the loading of the rt2500usb driver fails. N?meth, can you blacklist the auto-loading of the rt2500usb device (see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html for how to do this)? --- Gertjan.