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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: rt73usb and linux 2.6.32.3
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 22:20:14 -0000

--- In  Peter Gammie <> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I've been trying to get the rt73usb (one of the rt2x00 drivers) working for a 
> no-name USB WiFi dongle. The dongle works under Windows using ralink's 
> drivers, and with the rt2x00 rt73usb driver under x86 Debian with a 
> 2.6.32-trunk-686 kernel. (Not sure what that is, but it is stock Debian.)
> 
> On a ts7250 it fails in a mystifying manner:
> 
> # modprobe rt73usb
> phy0 -> rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 1300, rf: 0002, rev: 
> 0002573a.
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::radio
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::assoc
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::quality
> usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
> # iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> dummy0    no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> wlan0     no wireless extensions.
> 
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt73.bin'.
> rt73usb 1-1.3:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 1.7.
> phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX queue 0 - CWmin: 3, CWmax: 4, 
> Aifs: 2, TXop: 102.
> phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX queue 1 - CWmin: 4, CWmax: 5, 
> Aifs: 2, TXop: 188.
> phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX queue 2 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 
> 10, Aifs: 3, TXop: 0.
> phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX queue 3 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 
> 10, Aifs: 7, TXop: 0.
> # iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> dummy0    no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> wlan0     no wireless extensions.
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux ts7200a 2.6.32.3 #2 PREEMPT Tue Feb 9 17:27:47 ICT 2010 armv4tl 
> GNU/Linux
> 
> Has anyone had any success with the in-kernel rt2x000 drivers, and if so, 
> which kernel?
> 
> I'm using 2.6.32.3 as it is the last version that Matthieu has provided 
> patches for, and I hoped to coax some kind of low latency/real-time behaviour 
> out of it.
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> cheers
> peter
> 
> -- 
> http://peteg.org/
>

Thanks for that update. 

just for the record, I have got that firmware working with 2.6.32.11 (matt 
patched) using the standard kernel options.

I installed wpa_supplicant and wireless-tools. I pulled the firmware blob off 
the desktop machine, but can't recall the source URL.

bash-4.1#ls -ail /lib/firmware/*bin
73712 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2048 Feb 22  2009 /lib/firmware/rt73.bin

The firmware presumably does not change that often. 

It authenticates with the AP.

Wireless-tools maybe a hammer to crack a wallnut in this context but at least 
it flies.





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