rt2870sta version bump to 2.2.0.0
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Baltix |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The provided driver in both Jaunty and Karmic is old and needs to be updated. The current provided driver version is 1.4.0.0. Since that release there has been at four versions posted on ralink's website http://
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
[V2.2.0.0]
1. Fixed issue of showing wrong statistics value.
2. Fixed problem of showing wrong SNR in wireless extension scan list.
3. Support Client WDS.
[V2.1.2.0]
1. Short GI sampling improvement.
2. Support Linux Kernel 2.6.29
[V2.1.1.0]
1. Fixed that Enqueue command to command thread would fail when HAS_KTHREAD_
2. Fixed driver would send zero IWEVASSOCREQIE to Native WpaSupplicant.
3. Fixed driver would send non-zero BSSID to Navtive WpaSupplicant when STA disconnecting to AP.
[V2.1.0.0]
1. New generation schema for multiple OS porting.
2. Fixed Ad-hoc ping failed in noisy environment. (Probe Response has too many retry
packet then cause "not enough space in MgmtRing").
3. Fixed WPS failed with D-Link DIR-628 in 5GHz.
4. Change FastRoaming in DAT file to AutoRoaming.
5. Support kthread.
6. Add New A band channel list region 15 contains the whole channels in the A band region
and the new CE channel 167,169,171,173.
7. New IEEE802.11r functionality.
modinfo rt2870sta
filename: /lib/modules/
version: 1.4.0.0
license: GPL
description: RT2870 Wireless Lan Linux Driver
author: Paul Lin <email address hidden>
srcversion: E5C45807808E721
alias: usb:v1737p0071d
alias: usb:v7392p7717d
alias: usb:v0789p0164d
alias: usb:v0789p0163d
alias: usb:v0789p0162d
alias: usb:v5A57p0282d
alias: usb:v5A57p0280d
alias: usb:v7392p7711d
alias: usb:v07B8p2770d
alias: usb:v07B8p2870d
alias: usb:v07B8p3071d
alias: usb:v07B8p3070d
alias: usb:v04E8p2018d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C09d
alias: usb:v1482p3C09d
alias: usb:v050Dp805Cd
alias: usb:v157Ep300Ed
alias: usb:v129Bp1828d
alias: usb:v0E66p0003d
alias: usb:v0E66p0001d
alias: usb:v15C5p0008d
alias: usb:v083Ap6618d
alias: usb:v13D3p3247d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C25d
alias: usb:v0471p200Fd
alias: usb:v1740p9702d
alias: usb:v1740p9701d
alias: usb:v0CDEp0025d
alias: usb:v0586p3416d
alias: usb:v0CDEp0022d
alias: usb:v083Ap7522d
alias: usb:v083ApA618d
alias: usb:v083ApB522d
alias: usb:v15A9p0006d
alias: usb:v1044p800Bd
alias: usb:v18C5p0012d
alias: usb:v07AAp003Fd
alias: usb:v07AAp003Cd
alias: usb:v07AAp002Fd
alias: usb:v14B2p3C27d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C23d
alias: usb:v050Dp815Cd
alias: usb:v050Dp8053d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C12d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C07d
alias: usb:v07D1p3C11d
alias: usb:v07D1p3C09d
alias: usb:v2019pAB25d
alias: usb:v2019pED14d
alias: usb:v2019pED06d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C28d
alias: usb:v14B2p3C06d
alias: usb:v0DF6p003Fd
alias: usb:v0DF6p0039d
alias: usb:v0DF6p002Dd
alias: usb:v0DF6p002Cd
alias: usb:v0DF6p002Bd
alias: usb:v0DF6p0017d
alias: usb:v0B05p1742d
alias: usb:v0B05p1732d
alias: usb:v0B05p1731d
alias: usb:v148Fp3070d
alias: usb:v148Fp2870d
alias: usb:v1737p0070d
alias: usb:v1737p0071d
alias: usb:v148Fp2770d
depends:
staging: Y
vermagic: 2.6.31-14-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: |
added: kernel-needs-review kernel-net removed: kj-expired needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing |
tags: | added: kj-expired |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Expired |
The driver included in Karmic (after all updates) is 1.8.0.1 which is very old and very buggy. It won't connect in Wireless N mode in 5Ghz for more than an hour, even with no encryption at all. WPA2 works randomly, maybe once every 10 reboots. The driver also foolds the system log with status information (not even errors).
I've tried downloading 2.2.0.0 from the ralink site, but it won't compile in 2.6.31. This is a known issue unfortunately.
Some patches have surfaced for other ralink drivers affected by this same problem but I can find none that would work in my case.
Any workaround till ubuntu catches up with ralink, would be helpful