From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>
Cc: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
Subject: Re: Firmware files for Ralink RT28x0
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:26:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DA1F655.1070909@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimp6h9x0JC0HzSpKzdbKLOw=ioUvw@mail.gmail.com>
On 04/10/2011 12:35 PM, Ivo Van Doorn wrote:
> Hi.
>
>>> I notice that rt2800{pci,usb} each specify only one firmware image,
>>> regardless of the controller version.
>>>
>>> This is inconsistent with rt28{6,7}0sta and with the firmware images in
>>> linux-firmware.
>>>
>>> If you think that a single image per bus type can cover all controllers,
>>> please identify those firmware images, test them on each hardware
>>> generation, and get them into linux-firmware.
>>
>> querida:/datos/kernel/linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00 $ grep "\.bin" *
>> rt2800pci.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2860 "rt2860.bin"
>> rt2800usb.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2870 "rt2870.bin"
>> rt61pci.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2561 "rt2561.bin"
>> rt61pci.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2561s "rt2561s.bin"
>> rt61pci.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2661 "rt2661.bin"
>> rt73usb.h:#define FIRMWARE_RT2571 "rt73.bin"
>>
>> rt3070.bin rt3071.bin rt3090.bin should be deleted from linux-firmware.
>> They were only need by staging drivers.
>
> True, but the rt2860 and rt2870 firmware file are outdated in the
> linux-firmware,
> and probably don't support the rt3090 or other more recent chipsets. So before
> they can be removed, those files must be updated.
As I wrote earlier, my RT3090 is supported by rt2860.bin. I haven't tested
everything, but is functioned in STA and ad-hoc modes.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-10 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-10 17:29 Firmware files for Ralink RT28x0 Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-10 17:35 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-10 18:12 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-10 18:26 ` Larry Finger [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-10 19:25 Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-10 21:03 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-10 21:30 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-10 21:46 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-10 22:37 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-10 22:56 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-11 3:01 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-10 17:02 Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-10 15:56 Ben Hutchings
2011-04-10 16:18 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-10 16:35 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-10 17:49 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-10 18:06 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-10 19:04 ` Ben Hutchings
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