On Wednesday 02 April 2008, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Ivo van Doorn schrieb: > > Hi, > > > >>>> Is the last kernel code working with RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI? > >>> With 'latest' do you mean: > >>> latest 2.6.25-rc kernel? > >>> latest wireless-testing git snapshot > >>> latest rt2x00 git snapshot > >>> > >>> The latter 2 should work fine, the first one has known issues > >>> but the state variates per person. > >> I was complaining about speed a while ago, so after reading this post, I > >> thought I should try again and tell you: > >> > >> The version in wireless-testing seems to work great, a test download > >> gave me 1.24MB/s, which is about the same speed I get with my (Intel > >> wireless) laptop. I am using rt2500pci. > >> > >> Does the above mean that the stock driver in 2.6.25 will still be slow? > > > > Most likely yes. > > Although I hear mixed reports, some say it depends on the rate selection > > algorithm, some claim rt2x00 in 2.6.24 is faster then wireless-testing and > > others claim the exact opposite. > > At the moment it is hard to tell, but I haven't collected data yet with specific > > information about the used rate selection module and exact data transfer > > numbers. > > > > Ivo > > > > I rebuilt 2.6.25-rc8 (again) to use the 'simple' algorithm instead of > the 'PID' algorithm by default. rt2500pci is still fast! Good to hear. :) Thanks for the test. Ivo -- 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
