From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:41317 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750907AbZAFUam (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:30:42 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:27:40 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Pavel Roskin Cc: Ivo van Doorn , Piter PUNK , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rt2500usb vs rt73usb Message-ID: <20090106202740.GE3544@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090106_213051_678808_174C313B) References: <49571E29.8060204@unitednerds.org> <200812281034.07373.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <1230502494.25726.26.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1230502494.25726.26.camel@dv> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 05:14:54PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 10:34 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > On Sunday 28 December 2008, Piter PUNK wrote: > > > > If the those 148f:2573 USB devices doesn't exists or > > > if they exists and works fine with rt73usb, can we > > > remove 148f:2573 from rt2500usb? > > > > No we can't, you can blame manufacturers for shipping > > USB sticks with different chipsets but the exact same USB ID. > > Maybe there are some hints on the USB level that would make it possible > to distinguish between the devices without loading the driver? > Something like the number of endpoints? Then we could ask USB > developers to provide a way to specify them in the USB devece table. Seems like a trouble to solve a non-problem... > > On Sunday 28 December 2008, Piter PUNK wrote: > > > Loading rt2500usb AND rt73usb don't have any functional > > > problem. All wireless devices works fine. But is very > > > annoying the additional modules loaded. I'm not sure I see how it is annoying, but I'm sorry it annoys you. Nevertheless, I don't think it is worth much effort to fix it. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.