Re: [SLUG] Re: Ralink chipsets

From: Dylan Hardison (dylanwh@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 05 2006 - 12:28:55 EST


2006/2/5, Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com>:
> >From: Dylan Hardison <dylanwh@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: Slug List <slug@nks.net>
> >Subject: [SLUG] Re: Ralink chipsets
> >Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:43:22 -0500
> >
> >2006/2/4, Dylan Hardison <dylanwh@gmail.com>:
> > > Here's that list of products with Ralink chipsets, as discussed at the
> > > Monday meeting.
> > >
> > > The RT2500 ones are the ones with open source drivers;
> > > the RT2600 series will have open source drivers, but they're still in
> > > development.
> >
> >Grr, NTS: Disable gmail hotkeys.
> >Here's the link:
> >http://ralink.rapla.net/
> >
>
> Great link--thanks!
>
> Regretfully, I was unable to make it to the Linux wireless talk at the last
> St. Petersburg SLUG meeting. Perhaps for the benefit of those on the list
> such as myself, you could mention a few of the key points made at the
> meeting.
>
> Some other wireless driver projects such as madwifi [http://madwifi.org/]
> require the use of a closed binary layer. Does the ralink driver taint the
> kernel as well or is it completely open?
>

Really the only point is Ralink has open source drivers -- originally
produced BY Ralink.
It's one of a few chipset companies that releases specs and source code.
And it's one of only a few 802.11g that have linux support (although
this is getting better).

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