linux-kernel - Re: RT2860 driver

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Message-ID: <20091227183050.GA12428@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:30:50 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	JD <jd1008@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel List <Linux-Kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RT2860 driver

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 07:48:33PM -0800, JD wrote:
> I have built and booted several kernel.org releases of
> kernel 2.6, ever since rt2860 was added to the staging area.
> I have an rt2860 mini-pci wifi card.
> To make a long story short, the last kernel release I built
> with rt2860 config enabled (module), that actually worked
> (i.e. rt2860 driver worked) was (I think) kernel 2.6.28.
>
> I have not been able to get it working in 2.6.[29,30,31,32]
>
> So, what I have been doing is to copy full rt2860 directory
> (which I had extracted and saved from the last working version)
> into the latest kernel, and I make sure that
>
> rt2860/config.mk has
>
> HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
>
> HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
>
> This is the only way I can get my wireless working.
>
> So, if anyone on this list has it working in latest kernel,
> without resorting to what I am doing, please share you "how-to".

Can you try using 'git bisect' to determine the exact change that caused
your device to stop working?

thanks,

greg k-h
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