On 08/07/2010 10:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/08/2010 09:51 AM, JD wrote: >> It's good to hear there is another person using the rt2860. >> I just wonder when will the kernel dev team will finally fix >> the rt2860 driver already in the staging drivers and make it >> work. >> What I have heard from some fedorans is that the current driver >> source does not comply with the way linux wireless drivers are >> designed to make use of the 802.11 stack. So, they have been >> hacking at it for many months and still not working driver. >> >> The driver which you are getting from RPMFUSION is not a "blessed" >> linux driver - it is the same driver on the ralinktech.com web page. >> All you have to do is getthe sources for the rpms you mention and >> unpack them to see that the driver in the source package is >> 2010_01_29_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.3.0.0.tar.bz2 >> which is from the ralinktech.com web site. >> > I don't care if it is blessed or not. I also don't care if it is the > same driver from the ralink site. As much as possible, I like to take > the path of least resistance. So, I use the stuff from rpmfusion. And, > if someone asks me what they should do to get their rt2860 card working > I'd point them there first since the current track record is good. That > may change, of course, but for now that would be my advice. I don't > like to point folks to trying to get stuff from "staging" working since > there is generally a good reason why they are in "staging" and past > experience has proven frustrating and unrewarding for me. YMMV. > > > Well one thing for sure, The RT2860 does NOT WORK with the Ver. 2 of the WUSB600N. That means it has a different chipset than Ver. 1 . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
