On 28.10.2008 01:49, Greg KH wrote:
So, on my quest to suck up every out-of-tree driver and get it into the main kernel tree (drivers/staging/ to start with), I've been pointed at the rtl2860 driver.
Does it really make sense to include a driver when a different one for mainline inclusion is being actively developed? It might give some developers the impression that it's worth spending time improving the rtl2860/2870 drivers -- which might be wasted time in the end.
Does anyone know of a "cleaned up" version of this driver that is newer/better than the one on ralink's web site? I found the 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0.tar.bz2 version there, and will start with that if no one else has yet. Any pointers are appreciated.
You can find a few patches (needed for 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 iirc; not sure if they are enough to make it work on current mainline) for both rt2860 and rt2870 in CVS for RPM Fusion:
http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/rt2860-kmod/devel/?root=free http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/rt2870-kmod/devel/?root=free HTH CU knurd -- 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
