On x86_64 2.6.32-rc5-git4, dmesg says phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected. phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device. usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb # lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501USB Wireless Adapter # ifconfig wlan0 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:2E:F1:36:99 inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:17041 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:18304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2873301 (2.7 Mb) TX bytes:4280417 (4.0 Mb) So it gets enumerated and configured via dhcp. ==================================================================== On linux-omap 2.6.32-rc6 [12729.717712] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb [12751.037414] phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected. [12751.051361] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device. root@beagleboard:~# lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04cc:1521 Philips Semiconductors USB 2.0 Hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501USB Wireless Adapter root@beagleboard:~# ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found In either case it looks wrong, though it works on all x86_64 boxes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html