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Well recent problems with rt2x00 prohibited me from working on rt2800 drivers.
Today I have spend a good amount of time on it, and I think it goes reasonably well although I haven't worked on the more tricky parts yet (register initialization).

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That's great! I would love to help you in some way. Maybe you need someone for testing? Just let me know

IvD, Im glad you are working on this chipset, currently it is the only thing holding me back from moving back to the Linux kernel, just like Linkin I would be glad to help you test this out when you need me too. I know you are a busy guy but I have some questions im hoping you can answer.

1) Will there be injection support?

2) Will there be x64 support or is that just up to a compiler flag that will automatically convert the definitions on compile?

3) Im an amateur C++ coder, can you point me to some learning material about developing drivers for hardware under Linux, I would use google but im hoping someone like you can point me to some more specific information. I would like to experiment a bit and see if I can help speed up the development process.

Thanks.

This feature depends on mac80211. When mac82011 starts supporting injection mode, then rt2x00 supports it as well.



All rt2x00 drivers support 64bit



http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHacking

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I thought that there is injection support in mac80211: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Document ... ection.txt

Well in that case rt2x00 supports injection mode

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Awesome, thanks IvD.

Hi,

As I stated before I have a D-link DWA-140 USB dongle(RT2870 chipset), and I like to know whats the best linux OS and kernel for me when I beginn testing your driver.

For a few weeks ago I installed the latest Backtrack on VMware-workstation in winxp and it worke fine. The latest BackTrack 3 Beta actually found my USB network card, but I also tested the Ralink driver
I found here:
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/S ... Linux.html
I dont know much linux so I found out how to install the Ralink linux driver and it also seems to work fine. But of course it did not work in any monitor mode as far as I tested a few commands
Then I had some other problem with my Winxp pro so I just formatet the disk.


I now beginn a new clean install and like to know whats the best working environment for your driver. I also need to know if I have to have the linux Kernel 2.6.24 to do this ? Is Backtrack 3 beta having this Kernel ?
I have also installed Suze linux a couple for times before, so if anyone can
help or guide me please do. Thanks in advance.

Let me say this again:
rt2800pci and rt2800usb driver inside the rt2x00 package are still under development. At the moment they are not fully developed yet, and they can't be tested at the moment.
They are currently in the cvs repository for backup purposes only, and in no way meant for compilation or testing.
When those 2 drivers have been completed and they are ready for testing I will announce that on this forum and on the website.
Until that moment, using the drivers from the Ralink website is the only option (which also means that getting support for those drivers are to be requested on the Ralink website).

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Thanks IvD. I have understood this, but I'm only try to get ready with the(a) OS before the driver is finished on whatever time. I also have to learn me some more linux in the meantime I guess.!

PS: If you "Linkin" se this, maby you could help me. You also got the same USB dongle that I have (D-link DWA-140 (RT2870)) ?

I have been using Debian Lenny Kernel 2.6.24-1-686 and I compiled and installed the ralink 2860 module and iwconfig shows ra0, however just above the ra0 interface in the iwconfig output it shows the following:



do you guys get this same message when you compile your ralink drivers from the ralink website? and if not do you know of a fix, because my wireless extensions are the latest version, not ancient at all, its as if the ralink drivers refuse to use them though.

We don't provide support for drivers that are not released as part of this project.

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Ivo,

What is your best guess on when 2800-series will be supported in 2X00?
(If it matters, specifically 2870).

Thank you.

I'm very curious about it too.

I know that you said we all will know that its ready when you announce it but I just want to ask you about the progress.

Its because of the official drivers from Ralink are actually not that easy to set up. I still have not succeeded yet to get them working right.

Please give us a hint about the status of your rt2870 implementation so that I know if its worth the hassle with the official driver.

I have just send this email to the rt2400-devel and linux-wireless mailinglists.

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