linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Get rid of duplicate usb id from rt2500usb

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Date:	Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:27:35 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...onical.com>
Cc:	Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>,
	List Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Get rid of duplicate usb id from rt2500usb

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 15:27 +0300, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> On 09 Sep 03, Ivo Van Doorn wrote:
> > > USB_DEVICE(0x148f, 0x2573) is served by the rt73usb driver where it is already
> > > defined. Remove it from rt2500usb.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...onical.com>
> > > Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>
> > 
> > NACK
> > 
> > Users have reported that this is a valid rt2500usb ID. You can thank the
> > manufacturer of the dongle to produce dongles with the same USB ID but
> > with different chipsets.
> > 
> > Ivo
> 
> Interesting. On my laptop, without this patch both the drivers are loaded
> (lsmod), rt2500usb aborts without allocating a device successfully but I am
> unable to associate to the AP.

Sounds like the detection logic is somehow messing with the device, or
rt2500usb isn't actually freeing the device for rt73usb to bind?

johannes

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