From: Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@leemhuis.info>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rtl2860 driver in mainline?
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:03:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4906B944.4010105@leemhuis.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081028004915.GA3442@kroah.com>
On 28.10.2008 01:49, Greg KH wrote:
> So, on my quest to suck up every out-of-tree driver and get it into the
> main kernel tree (drivers/staging/ to start with), I've been pointed at
> the rtl2860 driver.
Does it really make sense to include a driver when a different one for
mainline inclusion is being actively developed? It might give some
developers the impression that it's worth spending time improving the
rtl2860/2870 drivers -- which might be wasted time in the end.
> Does anyone know of a "cleaned up" version of this driver that is
> newer/better than the one on ralink's web site? I found the
> 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0.tar.bz2 version there, and will
> start with that if no one else has yet.
>
> Any pointers are appreciated.
You can find a few patches (needed for 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 iirc; not sure
if they are enough to make it work on current mainline) for both rt2860
and rt2870 in CVS for RPM Fusion:
http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/rt2860-kmod/devel/?root=free
http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/rt2870-kmod/devel/?root=free
HTH
CU
knurd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-28 7:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-28 0:49 rtl2860 driver in mainline? Greg KH
2008-10-28 5:48 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2008-10-28 6:10 ` Greg KH
2008-10-28 6:23 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2008-10-28 14:59 ` Dan Williams
2008-10-28 17:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-28 7:03 ` Thorsten Leemhuis [this message]
2008-10-28 7:48 ` Luis Correia
2008-10-28 8:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-28 8:06 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2008-10-28 17:10 ` Greg KH
2008-10-28 7:56 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-28 8:02 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-28 8:06 ` Luis Correia
2008-10-28 17:09 ` Greg KH
2008-10-28 8:12 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-28 8:17 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-28 8:19 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-28 17:08 ` Greg KH
2008-10-28 18:35 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-28 22:45 ` Greg KH
2008-10-29 10:13 ` Dan Williams
2008-10-29 16:30 ` Greg KH
2008-10-30 4:02 ` Dan Williams
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