rt2870 support for Gigabyte N300 WB31N

[Stefan Berg]

Ralink rt2870 v2.4.0.1 does not include support for the wlan device Gigabyte Aircruiser N300 USB Adapter GN-WB31N-RH.

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1044:800c Chu Yuen Enterprise Co., Ltd GN-WB31N 802.11n USB WLAN Card

To make it work I added this line in rtusb_dev_id.c:

{USB_DEVICE(0x1044,0x800c)}, /* Gigabyte */

Tested and working in Ubuntu 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-24.

Could this be included in future kernels?
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: stefan 1595 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Filen eller katalogen finns inte
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdfff4000 irq 23'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1462f603,00100002'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 22
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Frequency: Once a day.
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IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: MSI MS-7309
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia rt2870sta
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=a80872f4-4f4e-4111-b93f-b8a852b06558 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap
ProcEnviron:
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Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
Reproducible: No
RfKill:

StagingDrivers: rt2870sta
Tags: maverick kernel-net needs-upstream-testing staging
Title: [STAGING]
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnMS-7309:bvrV1.8:bd05/22/2007:svnMSI:pnMS-7309:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7309:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7309
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

[Stefan Berg (steffe62)]

I also sent a mail about this to Ralinks Technical Support: <email address hidden>

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Stefan,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 632187

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Stefan Berg (steffe62)]

The solution on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/408165/comments/77 also works for rt2870 in kernel 2.6.35.

[noname2 (noname2-deactivatedaccount)]

PLS just fix it by compiling the new rt2870sta v 2.4.0.2
and the rt3370 sta v2.4.0.2 into the kernel

[Wolfgang Kufner (wolfgangkufner)]

Hi Stefan,

the Ralink RT2870 chip is now supposed to use the in kernel rt2800usb driver from the rt2x00 project (see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig;h=6f383cd684b009a1cee9663768759c32772a7cf1;hb=HEAD).

It would be great if you could try with the newest bleeding edge from compat wirelesshttp://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download .

I'd be happy to answer any questions in that regard.

Thanks

[Stefan Berg (steffe62)]

Hi! It now finds the adapter but the speed is pending between full 25 Mbits/sec and 7 Mbit/sec. My own compiled rt2870 gives me full speed all the time.

[Wolfgang Kufner (wolfgangkufner)]

Hi Stefan,

thanks a lot for testing this and good to hear its working.
Are those iperf values? Anyway, I don't have any good ideas about the speed issue. Perhaps you ask in the rt2x00 project forum at http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=5 .

Thanks,
Wolfgang

[Stefan Berg (steffe62)]

I get these values from speedtest.net. My download speed from my ISP is 25 Mbit/sec and that is what I get when I use my self compiled rt2870, but when I use this new rt2800 it is pending between full and very low download speed, and even dies from time to time (which I solve by reloading pages).

[Stefan Berg (steffe62)]

I'll ask at serialmonkey as soon as I got my account activated. Thank you for your help. We obviously got support for this USB adapter now.

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