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* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2015-03-16 17:41:00 [+0100]:

Just an update:
…
>|ieee80211 phy0: rt2800usb_write_firmware: Info - Firmware loading not required - NIC in AutoRun mode
>|IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>|IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
>switch to AP mode done.
>
>And this should be where it switches back to managed mode
>|ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x06 failed for offset 0x3200 with error -110 val: 0 type 40
>|ieee80211 phy0: rt2800usb_write_firmware: Info - Firmware is written.

so the difference is that I don't see "NIC in AutoRun mode". So
rt2800usb_autorun_detect() does not return 1 for some reason but 0
instead and whatever comes next kills the stick. Maybe it was tired of
of the wpa <-> hostapd mode switch for no reason.

So I told rt2800usb_autorun_detect() to always return 1 and not to care
what the stick says. The stick now runs for 12.5h in test without a
problem (that means it is able to connect to the AP and hostapd does not
complain, too). After around 11h I saw the message that it would write
the firmware (but it got ignored instead). So the workaround seems to
work.

I have no idea what AutoRun mode is (it seems that the stick already
has a firmware and is happy with it) and I have no clue why the firmware
decides to lie about it. I looked at the vendor driver I found at github
(which seems to be from 2012-10-22, DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3) and
well, I look again if someone says it is worth looking… They seem to do
some kind "firmware is comming" magic which might be already done in the
current driver at a different spot but I think the main question is why
request is answered wrong. I *think* the vendor driver sends the
USB_MODE_AUTORUN request only once but it is hard to tell…

>>Kalle Valo

Sebastian
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