linux-kernel - Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:44:32 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

On Tuesday 13 October 2009 22:41:50 Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tuesday 13 October 2009 13:24:48 Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In 2.6.31, there are USB device IDs common between both drivers. Should
> >> a distribution enable both drivers? What do you suggest? Are there any
> >> *known issues* stuff for one of them?
> >>     
> >
> > My advice to distributions for such situations is to ship both but make
> > one driver the default one.  
> 
> By saying to make one driver the default one, you mean avoiding the
> other from getting probed automatically by clearing the device id tables?

Yes but rather using /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf than clearing
id tables so it is easier to switch drivers..
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