[rt2x00-users] Unknown Ralink Device Vid: 148f Pid:5370

Fri Apr 22 01:59:24 EST 2011

On Apr 21, 2011 4:26 AM, "RA-Shiang Tu" <Shiang_Tu at ralinktech.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The 5370 is similar as 5390, except the RF IC ID changes as 0x5370, and
> some specific registers setting changes. So, if you want to try it, you
can
> change the definition of "RF5390" in rt2x00.h as 0x5370 and may make it
> Works (not work well, but may workable).

Is the RT IC ID still 5390, or has that changed to 5370 as well?

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: users-bounces at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
> > [mailto:users-bounces at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com] On Behalf Of
> > Gertjan van Wingerde
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:22 AM
> > To: Juan Carlos Garza
> > Cc: users at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
> > Subject: Re: [rt2x00-users] Unknown Ralink Device Vid: 148f Pid:5370
> >
> > On 04/20/11 21:39, Juan Carlos Garza wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Gertjan van Wingerde
> > > <gwingerde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On 04/20/11 19:31, Juan Carlos Garza wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Gertjan van Wingerde
> > >>> <gwingerde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Hi Juan Carlos,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 04/20/11 18:21, Juan Carlos Garza wrote:
> > >>>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I just got a Ralink USB dongle with the following
> > characteristics:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#=  6
> > Spd=480 MxCh= 0
> > >>>>> D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> > >>>>> P:  Vendor=148f ProdID=5370 Rev= 1.01
> > >>>>> S:  Manufacturer=Ralink
> > >>>>> S:  Product=802.11 n WLAN
> > >>>>> S:  SerialNumber=1.0
> > >>>>> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=450mA
> > >>>>> I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 7 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff
> > >>>>> Driver=(none)
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=05(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>> E:  Ad=06(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I tried to quickly add the Vid and Pid into the
> > rt2800usb.c file
> > >>>>> and see if it was just some Pid changed, but no success, the
> > >>>>> driver rejects it.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> phy5 -> rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset detected.
> > >>>>> phy5 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The supplier claimed that it was a 3070 chip (which I
> > seriously doubt).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Anyway, the supplied driver is basically the staging
> > driver that
> > >>>>> can be downloaded, and it seems to be compatible with
> > the RT2870
> > >>>>> firmware.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> What can you tell me about it? If it indeed is
> > compatible with the
> > >>>>> rt2800usb driver, how much effort would it be needed to include
> > >>>>> it?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This seems to be a 5370 USB chip based device, which is not
> > >>>> supported by any official Linux kernel yet.
> > >>>> There is support for 5390 PCI chip based devices added
> > in the next
> > >>>> upcoming Linux kernel (2.6.39), but that still won't support the
> > >>>> 5370 based devices yet.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> From what our experience with Ralink devices is, is that
> > the 5370
> > >>>> is not much different from the 5390, so it probably
> > won't be much
> > >>>> work to have the rt2800usb driver support it, but it is
> > still work that needs to be done.
> > >>>
> > >>> So is it brand new? And if it is, do you have any clue on
> > how it is
> > >>> different, better?. It is advertised as a T1R1 device, so I don't
> > >>> understand why they release another device that works like the
> > >>> 3070...
> > >>>
> > >>> Well, I'll see if I can invest some time on it...
> > >>
> > >> One idea would be to take the latest compat-wireless
> > package and add
> > >> the VID and PID in there, and see what happens. Maybe it is just a
> > >> matter of adding the correct USB device IDs.
> > >
> > > Tried it (but with compat from 13-03-2011) but it did not
> > work,  the
> > > RF chipset version is unknown for the driver,  I will try
> > it with the
> > > newest and other things, but not before next Wednesday.
> >
> > Indeed, that version of compat-wireless should already
> > provide support for RT5390.
> > In that case the debug logging of rt2x00 would be
> > interesting, especially the line indicating chipset information.
> >
> > >
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Just out of curiosity, what brand of device is it?
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi Gertjan, thanks a lot for the very fast reply, I appreciate it.
> > >>>
> > >>> The device does not have any kind of brand on it, It came on a
> > >>> plastic container with a green cover and a very generic
> > instruction
> > >>> booklet. The mini CD that came was burned (so no series
> > production)
> > >>> and it contained the staging driver for the 5370 chipset
> > (which is
> > >>> entirely useless for me as I won't use anything other than rt2x00)
> > >>>
> > >>> I guess it is some sort of generic OEM device, I'll see
> > if I can get
> > >>> some more samples.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> OK. I hadn't seen any 5370 devices "in the wild" yet, so I
> > was hoping
> > >> it was a device that I could get hold of myself as well,
> > for testing and coding purposes.
> > >
> > > If I get more, I'll send you one.
> >
> > OK. Thanks.
> >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> ---
> > >> Gertjan
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ---
> > Gertjan
> >
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