On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 05:15:04AM +0000, parthsane@xxxxxxx wrote: > >>> Let's let the existing rt2x00 driver developers weigh in here. It might > >>> just be a matter of adding support for the new device to the existing > >>> driver, and if so, we don't want to add a whole new, horrible vendor > >>> driver to the kernel tree. If it turns out it's a totally different > >>> device that doesn't fit into the existing driver infrastructure, then we > >>> can add the new driver and start from there. > >>> > >>> So let's hear what Stanislaw and Helmut say we should do first. > >> > >>MT7601 is similar chip like those we already support in the existing > >>rt2x00 driver, hence support of it should be added there. I'm going to > >>do this. > > > >Ok, that makes sense, anything I can do to test or help out with here? > > > >thanks, > > > >greg k-h > Hey Guys! > Writing after a long time! BTW what's the status on the rt2x00 driver? I'm > eager to try out my dongle. Everytime I need to plug this in my raspberry pi > after a dist upgrade, I need to reinstall the driver! Please let me know if > I can help in any way. Also a good news is that I'm almost going to get my > amateur radio license soon! It will be a VU3 Indian license! > Regards and 73s, > Parth Sane It turns out that there will be new mac80211 drivers for new Mediatek chips. https://github.com/openwrt/mt76 https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u Driver for mt7601u was already posted and waits for inclusion. http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=143085740303384&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=143085740603386&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=143085741003387&w=2 Stanislaw _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
