On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 09:16:02AM +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In a recent E-mail interchange > > (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=140238255916367&w=2), I was made aware > > that this device is not currently being handled by any driver in the kernel, > > but that there was a GitHub repo at https://github.com/anthonywong/mt7630. > > That code modifies rt2800pci to operate the MT7630E, but it is quite > > outdated. > > > > As a followup, I found such a device at a reasonable price on E-bay, and > > ordered it. It should arrive next week. I also was able to find the firmware > > in an RPM for SUSE SLE11, and a license allowing redistribution. Before I > > start modifying rt2800pci for this new device, I want to be assured that > > this modification is not currently being done by anyone in the rt2x00 > > project. There is too much to be done to duplicate effort. > > I'm not doing anything in this regard at the moment. So I'm really glad if you > are working on that! > > CC'ed Stanislaw even though I don't think he's doing anything regarding the > device you've mentioned. Nope, I'm not working on adding support for new chips to rt2x00 at present nor plan to work on that in the near future, though I have that on my TODO list :-) > > For interested readers, I have modified the GitHub code to compile using the > > current wireless-testing kernel source. If there is sufficient interest, I > > could set up a new GH repo for it as an interim measure with conditional > > code allowing it to build on recent kernels (3.5+). > Awesome news. +1 Stanislaw -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
