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2011/5/1 Marco Improda <408...@bugs.launchpad.net> > It don't work also on Ubuntu 11.04, please patch it. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408165 > > Title: > Linksys By Cisco WUSB600N v2 Doesn't Work > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > I have a "Linksys By Cisco" brand WUSB600N v2. Its USB ID is > 1737:0079 Rev. 0101 > > When the USB adapter is hotplugged (or even coldplugged) the USB bus > recognizes that "something" has been plugged in, but no additional > modules are loaded at all. The output of `lsmod' before and after hot > insertion is identical. So no modules claim they support this card. > > The original of this model, WUSB600N, is supposedly an > rt2870-compatible chip. I am not sure whether "v2" is an entirely > different chipset, or whether it's just rt2870 with a quirk. I tried > manually adding the USB ID to the rt2870sta source code and rebuilding > the driver, but doing so gave me a kernel oops within that module. So > apparently the fix to get it supported isn't as simple as adding that > one line. But at least rt2870 seems to be partially aware of the chip > -- right after the oops I ran `ifconfig' and the interface was up and > I could get its MAC address (and it was correct). But since the module > oopsed, I was unable to send any commands to the wireless interface > via NetworkManager, iwconfig, etc. > > I'm not sure how fervently upstream tries to support manufacturers who > buy the rt2870 chipset and put it in their own product. If Ralink is > nice enough to patch their drivers for the quirks of other vendors' > products (such as Linksys) then it's just a matter of waiting. But if > the action is in Linksys' court, I'm not sure they would help us at > all. I think we will need a volunteer kernel hacker to take a look at > it and see if the fix is reasonably easy. > > Since these wireless USB adapters are relatively inexpensive, I am > willing to donate one to a single competent individual who believes > he/she can get this working well. All I ask in return is that you get > it working, and return it to me when you are done with it (shipping at > my expense)... unless of course you break it, which is understandable. > Fragile little device. > > NB: I've tested this thoroughly on both Jaunty and Karmic. In Karmic, > we have the rt2800usb driver as part of the open source rt2x00 project > (now entering mainline); but the new set of rt2* drivers still fail to > automatically probe this card. I applied my patch to the rt2870sta > driver downloaded from Ralink's website and built that on Jaunty, but > did not test my naive patch against the Karmic kernel sources, as I > expected the same result. > > UPDATE: I think the future of Ralink chipsets on Linux is the rt2x00 > project, as they are moving at a faster pace than rt2870sta and they > are integrated into mainline. Their wifi drivers are first class > citizens, with a behavior just like you'd expect from, say, iwlwifi: > NetworkManager can use them; WPA2 works without a custom supplicant; > no proprietary daemons; etc. Not sure how much code rt2x00 shares with > rt2870sta (if any), but hopefully this project will pick up support > for 1737:0079 soon. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/408165/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408165 Title: Linksys By Cisco WUSB600N v2 Doesn't Work -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
