On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 18:52 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > I planned, and actually did write, a lengthy reply for this thread, when I completed the reply > I reconsidred and opted for this shorter reply. Every 2 or 3 months this discussion is started > again and I am f***ing tired of it, so excuse me but I am not going to throw myself into > this completely pointless discussion > > What you are suggesting in your mail is something the rt2x00 project did for 5 years, we stopped > with that 4 months ago because it wasn't working out. Apparently you have more experience in this > matter so I hope you will find a way to make that solution work out. > > If you want to maintain the legacy drivers then do it, start a new project and start maintaining > the code. I can forward you all the users with complains about the "good enough" drivers. It is > good to know that you apparently have the resources to maintain the old drivers. > Most people who are helping with the rt2800pci/usb drivers lack the required time to boost the driver > into such a state it can be widely adopted. But every time it amazes me that the people who want > to develop and have the time to do it, all want to jump on the old Ralink code... Apparently there > is some appeal to maintaining crap rather then helping to ship out proper drivers to the users. > > But I'll shut up now, as I said this discussion is held every few months, so perhaps that when > the discussion is started again in a couple of months I am more interested in a lengthy reply. Hohum. Please remove me from CC for any further discussion. -Mike -- 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
