On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:30:16PM +0200, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:59 PM, John W. Linville > <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:18:56PM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > > I hope rt2800pci/usb to be included *ASAP*, because rt2800usb supports > >> > > more than 1oo USB devices and rt2800pci is included in a lot of > >> > > laptops(ask Torvalds [1] [2]) > >> > > > >> > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121799144422863&w=2 > >> > > [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123187052023831&w=2 > >> > > >> > That would be great to have in, what's keeping it from happening? > >> > >> In short: A stable workable driver. > >> > >> The rt2800usb driver is pretty far (at least on my testsetup), but > >> still has problems with transmitting frames immediately after > >> association. > > > > I read this as "it works, but some frames are lost immediately after > > association" -- is that right? > > It is not "Some frames" it is "All frames" you can't get a DHCP lease, > or use a static IP and try to do anything. Is this permanent? Or does it start working at some point? > Also 11n APs are not detected at all, which for a 11n client sounds > very problematic. If 11g works then I think that is good enough to merge. > > FWIW, this sounds good enough to me > > to get it into the mainline kernel. _Please_ submit the rt2800usb > > driver for wireless-testing/linux-next ASAP! > > If the above 2 problems aren't critical for merge, then I'll send the > patches as soon as possible. If there is no traffic at all then I guess it can still wait -- ping seems like a reasonable requirement. But 11n is not a requirement for merge. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
