On 28.10.2008 08:48, Luis Correia wrote:
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 07:03, Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
Is it just me or you are suggesting we use the Ralink supplied driver,
with its own wireless stack, rather then work with the rt2x00 team?
No, I'm definitely not suggesting that! In fact it's the other way
around: I wondering if it's more harm- than helpful to include the
current Ralink supplied driver as staging driver.
Or, to say it more directly: I think the Ralink drivers should not get
included as staging driver, as that might track away resources from the
rt2x00 effort (just my 2 cent as LKML and linux-wlan lurker of course).
> [...]
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
This seems to be only a set of 'mixed-up-lets-just-use-ralink-code' patchset.
Sure -- nevertheless those patches might be helpful for Greg, that's why
I pointed him there.
BTW, RPM Fusion provides the drivers just as a interim solution for
Fedora users, as there was quite some demand for it (even from one well
known kernel developer who actually created the initial rt2860 package
for Livna/RPM Fusion); soon after a working and stable driver with a
similar featureset is in mainline and shipped as update by Fedora we'll
stop providing those drivers from Ralink.
p.s. I apologize in advance if I misunderstood the meaning of the
original reply.
np ;-)
CU
knurd
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