On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:23:33PM +0100, Nick Hill wrote: > I understand Ralink are the only vendor to have a 54g wireless chipset > which does not require the host to upload (non-free) firmware. > > Ralink have also released software and interface specs, and released a > driver under the GPL. > > The Ralink RT2500 kernel module is included by default with the kernel > released in Ubuntu 5.10. > > This appears to be the only 54g chipset Debian could currently support > 'out of the box'. > > Given that the ralink seem particularly free software friendly, the > chipset is cheap and common, and the driver is widely understood to work > well, are there any good reasons not to include the driver module with > the standard debian kernel?
Well, there is a politic of allowing only stuff that goes upstream, which is a politic i am not really sure i am all that fond of, but well, So do you know why this driver is not yet included upstream ? > A list of cards using this chipset is available here: > http://ralink.rapla.net/ Also, can you file a bug report requesting the feature, and including the patch ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
