Jon, got the specifics. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:51, Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:39, Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Since no one responded to my previous post, I thought maybe >> the subject line wasn't attractive enough... >> >> On the wiki at <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers> >> in the AP column it says "yes" with a footnote to the effect that >> it's "in development". Please can someone clarify this for me? >> >> Can I reasonably expect to get an AP going with a usb dongle >> that requires this driver? Building the latest patched >> version of the driver is fine, but modifying the driver code >> would be beyond my (present) capabilities. > > Yes, you would manage to get it going without major hassles, but as > always YMMV... > > I know that the Portuguese Classmate-PC clone, Magalhães, has a > rt73usb and the guys have managed to get it going with a 2.6.27 kernel > + hostapd. I can ask for specifics if you need. The solution they have found is not optimal, b ut works in their scenario. You will need to modify hostapd, according to this blog post: http://eznemegy.blog.hu/2008/12/14/using_rt2x00_wireless_driver_with_hostapd HTH >> -- >> Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@xxxxxxxxxxxx Luis Correia rt2x00 project admin -- 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
