Re: 2.6.38: rt2800usb: driver is crashing the kernel

[Justin Piszcz]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Larry Finger wrote:
>
> > > I am trying a different driver now: rt2870sta
> > > I've read a few reports this may be the 'proper' one to use.
> > > So far so good, no lag or anything and I did not have to set power off
> > > either.
> >
> > Driver rtl2870sta is not the proper one to use. In fact, a patch to delete 
> > rt2860sta and rt2870sta from the kernel was queued yesterday, and they will 
> > be gone by the time 2.6.40 is released.
> >
> > New firmware for rt2800usb was just accepted into the linux-firmware git 
> > tree. Please obtain a copy and try it.
> >
> > Larry

Hi,

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?
It is the best wireless driver I've used for Linux with various usb wifi
adapters--

# uptime
 19:44:28 up 4 days, 10:16,  2 users,  load average: 1.51, 1.56, 1.25

Justin.

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