Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:55634 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754028Ab1DJWhf (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:37:35 -0400 Received: by iwn34 with SMTP id 34so5086740iwn.19 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DA2312B.8080303@lwfinger.net> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:37:31 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Xose Vazquez Perez CC: Ben Hutchings , users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Firmware files for Ralink RT28x0 References: <4DA2042A.3010301@gmail.com> <1302469406.5282.341.camel@localhost> <4DA22545.6050209@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA22545.6050209@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/10/2011 04:46 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > On 04/10/2011 11:03 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > >> These files aren't used by the Ralink drivers. So why should you >> believe the labels on them? > > Because the hardware manufacturer says that: > http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/pipermail/users_rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/2011-March/003380.html > > Anyway, the firmware in staging(or ralink web) drivers look different because > they are different _versions_ of the _same_ firmware. > > rt2870.bin: before 4096 bytes, now 8192 bytes. > >> linux-firmware is not *actively* maintained; it requires people to send >> submissions (repeatedly...). > > On 04/06/2010, *ONE YEAR AGO* , I sent a patch to rt2870.bin rt2860.bin. > It went to /dev/null > > A similar patch was sent by the *driver maintainer* on 10/30/2010. > It went to /dev/null > > The same patch was sent by the *hardware manufacturer* on 03/11/2011 > It went to /dev/null > > Torvalds, Mozart and God are pending. > >> I think there may be a problem with distribution of Intel Pro Wireless >> firmware because Intel requires users to accept a EULA. > > If it's included in Fedora then there are zero issues with licenses. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Do you still have the patch from one year ago? I would like to see what you proposed in changes to WHENCE. Larry