Re: rt73usb Access point status

Luis Correia
2009-04-30T09:51:22Z

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:39, Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.u=
k> wrote:
>
> Since no one responded to my previous post, I thought maybe
> the subject line wasn't attractive enough...
>
> On the wiki at <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers>
> in the AP column it says "yes" with a footnote to the effect that
> it's "in development". =A0Please can someone clarify this for me?
>
> Can I reasonably expect to get an AP going with a usb dongle
> that requires this driver? Building the latest patched
> version of the driver is fine, but modifying the driver code
> would be beyond my (present) capabilities.

Yes, you would manage to get it going without major hassles, but as
always YMMV...

I know that the Portuguese Classmate-PC clone, Magalh=E3es, has a
rt73usb and the guys have managed to get it going with a 2.6.27 kernel
+ hostapd. I can ask for specifics if you need.

> If someone can say what "in development" means, I can modify
> the text of the wiki to reflect this.

It may be a description about an older status :)

> --
> J=F3n Fairbairn =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
=A0 =A0 Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk
>

Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin
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