[rt2x00] rt2800 progress update

[rt2x00] rt2800 progress update

[Ivo van Doorn]

Hi,

Just a small information mail regarding the current status of the rt2800 drivers,
The initial schedule was that last week or at the latest this week, the initial
version of the rt2800 drivers would be released.

But as you might have noticed, this has not happened, which means the project
is behind schedule. The current status is that rt2800usb is capable of
receiving frames (only when using the legacy driver first), and rt2800pci isn't
capable of anything yet.

I am currently putting all focus on rt2800usb because the queue management
is the easiest for that driver, and having that driver working will help in debugging
rt2800pci later.

The fact that rt2800usb is capable of receiving frames after the legacy driver
has been loaded first, means that I am missing one or two instructions which
must be send to the hardware before it will kick in. Unfortunately I have made
little progress in tracking that required instruction. :(

As soon as I have more news, I'll post an update.

Ivo

Re: [rt2x00] rt2800 progress update

[Ivo van Doorn]

On Monday 18 August 2008, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a small information mail regarding the current status of the rt2800 drivers,
> The initial schedule was that last week or at the latest this week, the initial
> version of the rt2800 drivers would be released.
> 
> But as you might have noticed, this has not happened, which means the project
> is behind schedule. The current status is that rt2800usb is capable of
> receiving frames (only when using the legacy driver first), and rt2800pci isn't
> capable of anything yet.
> 
> I am currently putting all focus on rt2800usb because the queue management
> is the easiest for that driver, and having that driver working will help in debugging
> rt2800pci later.
> 
> The fact that rt2800usb is capable of receiving frames after the legacy driver
> has been loaded first, means that I am missing one or two instructions which
> must be send to the hardware before it will kick in. Unfortunately I have made
> little progress in tracking that required instruction. :(

Well found it. Apparently the frames are only received when the BSSID is
written to the device. I currently get only 1 scan result now (the BSSID written
to the register), but in monitor mode I can see 2 AP's and a bunch of data going
through the air.

Well this is at least a start in the right direction, hopefully TX will work soon
as well.

Ivo