From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Firmware files for Ralink RT28x0
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:46:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DA22545.6050209@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1302469406.5282.341.camel@localhost>
On 04/10/2011 11:03 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> These files aren't used by the Ralink drivers. So why should you
> believe the labels on them?
Because the hardware manufacturer says that:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/pipermail/users_rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/2011-March/003380.html
Anyway, the firmware in staging(or ralink web) drivers look different because
they are different _versions_ of the _same_ firmware.
rt2870.bin: before 4096 bytes, now 8192 bytes.
> linux-firmware is not *actively* maintained; it requires people to send
> submissions (repeatedly...).
On 04/06/2010, *ONE YEAR AGO* , I sent a patch to rt2870.bin rt2860.bin.
It went to /dev/null
A similar patch was sent by the *driver maintainer* on 10/30/2010.
It went to /dev/null
The same patch was sent by the *hardware manufacturer* on 03/11/2011
It went to /dev/null
Torvalds, Mozart and God are pending.
> I think there may be a problem with distribution of Intel Pro Wireless
> firmware because Intel requires users to accept a EULA.
If it's included in Fedora then there are zero issues with licenses.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-10 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-10 19:25 Firmware files for Ralink RT28x0 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 [this message]
2011-04-10 22:37 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-10 22:56 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-11 3:01 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 3:06 ` Firmware for rt2800pci and rt2800usb Larry Finger
2011-04-11 5:48 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2011-04-11 9:12 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2011-04-11 13:01 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 13:32 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2011-04-11 15:05 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2011-04-11 11:14 ` Juan Carlos Garza
2011-04-11 11:23 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-11 12:21 ` Juan Carlos Garza
2011-04-11 13:19 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 14:56 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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
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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