On Tuesday 26 August 2008, Forest Bond wrote: > 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? I'm still struggling with the RX part. Code can be found at: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=shortlog;h=experimental 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
