rt2870 USB wifi device not enabled by the included rt2870 kernel module
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Bug Description
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 3, 64-bit
I've a Linksys WUSB600N USB wifi-n networking adapter. This devices uses the Ralink rt2870 chipset.
Previously I've been able to compile my own driver from the source on Ralink's website. I'd make sure WPA supplicant was enabled and add the device ID to the source code. The driver would then compile and install and the device worked.
It seems that with 2.6.28-5 a rt2870 module (rt2870sta) has been included with the kernel, but it doesn't detect this device. 2.6.28-6 also does not. Can the device ID be added to it so that this device will function?
Here's the line from lsusb showing the device ID:
Bus 008 Device 004: ID 1737:0071 Linksys
And if it helps, this is the line I added to list of devices in the file located at "include/rt2870.h" in the source code available from ralink:
{USB_DEVICE(
If I can provide any further information please let me know what is needed.
Related branches
| Changed in linux: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Matt Hanyok (matthew-hanyok) wrote | #1 |
| Manoj Iyer (manjo) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in linux: | |
| assignee: | nobody → manjo |
| Matt Hanyok (matthew-hanyok) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in linux: | |
| status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
| Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in linux: | |
| assignee: | manjo → timg-tpi |
| milestone: | none → jaunty-alpha-6 |
| status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in linux: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I just saw the status update on this, hope this was a helpful bug report.
Incidentally I tried contacting Ralink to get the device ID added to their source code, but my e-mails are being returned with a message saying they are spam.
So if anyone reading this is in contact with Ralink and could get the source code updated at its... uh... source, maybe this could be passed along upstream?