From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: Roland Dreier <roland@kernel.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.38: rt2800usb: driver is crashing the kernel
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 20:15:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DBF574E.80309@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1105021944560.14515@p34.internal.lan>
On 05/02/2011 06:46 PM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Just an update, this driver has been solid so far:
> rt2870sta
>
> With the Media Link 150 USB stick, not a single crash yet--
> The rt2800usb driver is laggy and crashes the kernel (as of 2.6.38.x)--
> Is there a possiblity to get rtl2870sta into the mainline?
Not a chance. As of 2.6.39, it is gone.
> It is the best wireless driver I've used for Linux with various usb wifi
> adapters--
That driver was in staging because it does not use mac80211, which is an
absolute requirement for a new mainline driver. Keeping things like rt2870sta
that contain their own MAC layer just bloats the kernel and has code persist
that no one really understands.
Please try the version of rt2800usb from compat-wireless with the latest
firmware. If it still crashes the kernel, then post the bugs.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-03 1:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-13 15:47 2.6.38: rt2800usb: high latency (1000ms)? Justin Piszcz
2011-04-13 15:59 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-13 16:01 ` Justin Piszcz
[not found] ` <BANLkTinxkXi6WnAyXoZLDR+uyL+TmevuPw@mail.gmail.com>
2011-04-13 16:25 ` Daniel Halperin
2011-04-13 17:57 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-13 18:37 ` Daniel Halperin
2011-04-13 20:13 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-13 20:31 ` Daniel Halperin
2011-04-13 20:36 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-13 22:26 ` Joshua Scoggins
2011-04-14 5:38 ` Igor Plyatov
2011-04-14 5:17 ` Igor Plyatov
2011-04-13 16:11 ` Walter Goldens
2011-04-13 18:44 ` Marc Dietrich
2011-04-25 18:35 ` 2.6.38: rt2800usb: driver is crashing the kernel Justin Piszcz
2011-04-25 20:52 ` Roland Dreier
2011-04-25 20:56 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-26 10:22 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-26 21:53 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-26 22:30 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-26 23:31 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-04-27 0:29 ` Jano
2011-05-02 23:46 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-05-03 1:15 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2011-05-03 12:53 ` Walter Goldens
2011-05-03 13:08 ` Jools Wills
2011-05-26 16:24 ` Justin Piszcz
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