Comment 35 for bug 287711

With the latest version of the Linux kernel ,version 2.6.31, I do not have any trouble with the RT61PCI driver, with the latest firmware. Note that this is the driver that ships with the Linux kernel, not the one from the driver developer's website. I'm using a "custom" kernel, set to be a low-latency preemptive kernel with a clock rate of 1000HZ instead of the 250HZ that the Ubuntu kernel is compiled with.

One of the changes from 2.6.24 to 2.6.31 is how the driver behaves.

Before, parameters could not be set unless you issued a ifconfig wlan0 up command, with 2.6.31, you can not configure the device is down (eg ifconfig wlan0 down)-- exactly the opposite.

The WiFi device WILL NOT come up right away. It will take about a minute to connect to the network... ether that, or it's due to me using a hacked Android-based Google G1 phone to share my 3G network connection via it's WiFi interface and http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ but anyway..

I'd like to point out I WAS NOT able get the PCI card to work with stock Ubuntu kernels and drivers.