Hi, On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 09:18:59PM +0200, drago01 wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Forest Bond <forest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:14:10AM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > >> On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Forest Bond wrote: > >> > I'm having a hard time figuring out if the following wireless chips are > >> > supported: > >> > > >> > * RT2770 + RT2720 > >> > >> I *think* this is the rt2870 driver. The in-kernel driver is under development > > > > Okay, the RT2870 driver from Ralink works with this device, but it seems to be a > > bit quirky: > > > > * The device has to be brought up and down a few times before NetworkManager > > sees it. I'm not sure what NetworkManager is cueing off of. > > > > * I was unable to get the thing to associate and come up using > > iwconfig/ifconfig. Might have been my range on that AP, though, since I was > > shooting for an unencrypted network that is a not the closest network in my > > building. > > > > * Usual odd bits with vendor drivers like odd build system subtleties and > > seemingly unnecessary configuration files (does anyone really care to fiddle > > with those, or doesn't everyone just want things to work with the standard > > configuration mechanisms like I do?). > > > > Is there an effort to move this driver in-tree? The license is GPL. > > Thats what Ivo is doing, port the driver to rt2x00 to make it > acceptable for merging. Okay, sorry if I misunderstood. Is this driver usable and, if so, where can the code be found? Thanks, Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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