* Using 802.11x wireless usb device on MIPS platform
@ 2007-01-09 2:52 colin
2007-01-09 2:52 ` colin
2007-01-09 14:09 ` Ralf Baechle
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From: colin @ 2007-01-09 2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
Hi all,
I have used two 802.11x wireless usb devices successfully on MIPS platform.
One is realtek 8187 and the other one is ralink 2571.
I would like to put them into kernel tree and then I found that there are
not many 802.11x devices supported in Linux. Moreover, there is no any
wireless usb device supported.
It is also very strange that 8187 and 2571 both have their own ieee802.11x
stack and crypt drivers. It seems that Linux doesn't offer them.
I am wondering why Linux is so complex in 802.11x.
Regards,
Colin
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* Using 802.11x wireless usb device on MIPS platform
2007-01-09 2:52 Using 802.11x wireless usb device on MIPS platform colin
@ 2007-01-09 2:52 ` colin
2007-01-09 14:09 ` Ralf Baechle
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: colin @ 2007-01-09 2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
Hi all,
I have used two 802.11x wireless usb devices successfully on MIPS platform.
One is realtek 8187 and the other one is ralink 2571.
I would like to put them into kernel tree and then I found that there are
not many 802.11x devices supported in Linux. Moreover, there is no any
wireless usb device supported.
It is also very strange that 8187 and 2571 both have their own ieee802.11x
stack and crypt drivers. It seems that Linux doesn't offer them.
I am wondering why Linux is so complex in 802.11x.
Regards,
Colin
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* Re: Using 802.11x wireless usb device on MIPS platform
2007-01-09 2:52 Using 802.11x wireless usb device on MIPS platform colin
2007-01-09 2:52 ` colin
@ 2007-01-09 14:09 ` Ralf Baechle
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From: Ralf Baechle @ 2007-01-09 14:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: colin; +Cc: linux-mips, netdev
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:52:14AM +0800, colin wrote:
> I have used two 802.11x wireless usb devices successfully on MIPS platform.
> One is realtek 8187 and the other one is ralink 2571.
> I would like to put them into kernel tree and then I found that there are
> not many 802.11x devices supported in Linux.
If you want to submit a driver to the kernel, please post it to
netdev@vger.kernel.org. Don't expect a driver to be just accepted; it
will go through a thorough review and after all the issues have been
resolved it will be accepted.
> Moreover, there is no any wireless usb device supported.
Wireless support under Linux is suffering from several problems:
o some core require microcode to be loaded but the vendor does not
give such permission.
o lack of documentation, sometimes for paranoid or bogus legal reasons or
"intellectual property" concerns.
At times it really seems vendors are working to maximize pain for the user ...
> It is also very strange that 8187 and 2571 both have their own ieee802.11x
> stack and crypt drivers. It seems that Linux doesn't offer them.
> I am wondering why Linux is so complex in 802.11x.
Well, for one thing because 802.11 is complex. The Linux wireless support
has gone through several generations; some of the wireless work was for
one or the other reason never integrated in the kernel.org kernel.
Ralf
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