Re: [2.6.26-rc4] Problems with rt2x00 USB interface on powerpc (fwd)

[Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> On Jun 20 2008, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > On Jun 20 2008, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Did you receive my earlier message (attached here for reference)? I'm
> > > > willing to experiment with the driver a little bit and I hope that the
> > > > information that I have provided so far is helpful to chase the reason
> > > > why the driver doesn't work on PowerPC.
> > > 
> > > Sorry I have been quite busy with other things.
> > 
> > I'm terribly sorry for that, since I would like the driver to work with
> > the USB stick still in the 2.6.26 release (since that's what some
> > distributions will probably use).
> 
> Just for your information, I just compiled the -rc7 kernel on x86-64 (where
> rt2500usb works if I boot with kernel 2.6.25) and still doesn't work (I'm
> not even mentioning here PowerPC).

I have found the problem and have send it upstream so the patch should
be present in 2.6.27. Note that I am not going to push it to 2.6.26 since
I don't know if the patch will cause problems in other parts of the driver.

Ivo