[rt2x00-users] RT3070 stalling seconds after connect

[Stanislaw Gruszka]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 09:04:17PM +0100, Michel Bouwmans wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've recently received a USB WIFi-dongle with the RT3070 chipset:
> 
> phy2 -> rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 3070, rf: 0005, rev:
> 0201.
> phy2 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file
> 'rt2870.bin'.
> phy2 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version:
> 0.29.
> 
> It works OK for a couple of seconds and than stalls. No network traffic at
> all is getting through. Whilst I still have connectivity, and after I loose
> connectivity, lines like the following are already outputted to dmesg:
> 
> phy2 -> rt2800usb_txdone_entry_check: Warning - TX status report missed for
> queue 2 entry 33
> 
> This line is also outputted in between, about the same time I loose
> connectivity:
> 
> phy2 -> rt2800usb_txdone_entry_check: Warning - Data pending for entry 39
> in queue 2

These messages can not indicate an error condition, i.e. I have them too
on well working devices. But of course they can indicate an error too.

> Does anyone know what could be happening? I'm running vanilla kernel 3.2.1
> and I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty if needed.

Not really, I think problem can be related with the way rt2x00 program
low level radio stuff, i.e lack of some quirks that vendor driver do.
So unfortunately, my only advice is to use driver from ralink site,
at least for now.

Stanislaw