Return-path: Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:62589 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753347Ab1ECBQE (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 May 2011 21:16:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4DBF574E.80309@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20110503_031623_509396_AB32F630) Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 20:15:58 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Piszcz CC: Roland Dreier , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.38: rt2800usb: driver is crashing the kernel References: <4DB74788.2000908@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/02/2011 06:46 PM, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Just an update, this driver has been solid so far: > rt2870sta > > With the Media Link 150 USB stick, not a single crash yet-- > The rt2800usb driver is laggy and crashes the kernel (as of 2.6.38.x)-- > Is there a possiblity to get rtl2870sta into the mainline? Not a chance. As of 2.6.39, it is gone. > It is the best wireless driver I've used for Linux with various usb wifi > adapters-- That driver was in staging because it does not use mac80211, which is an absolute requirement for a new mainline driver. Keeping things like rt2870sta that contain their own MAC layer just bloats the kernel and has code persist that no one really understands. Please try the version of rt2800usb from compat-wireless with the latest firmware. If it still crashes the kernel, then post the bugs. Larry