Wireless Drivers "Out of the box"

Carey O'Shea carey at internode.on.net
Mon Sep 12 04:43:43 CDT 2005


On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 02:15 -0700, Paul M Edwards wrote:
> I also would like to see the rt2x00 drivers included.
> I have two cards with compatible chipsets and would like to be able to
> use them easily.
> -- 
> Paul M Edwards
> 
> 
> On 9/12/05, Carey O'Shea <carey at internode.on.net> wrote:
> > bozotheclown wrote:
> > >Is there a statement from the Ubuntu dev team on including the ralink
> > >2x00 drivers in an upcoming Ubunturelease yet?
> > >
> > >Since the rt2400/2500 drivers are gpl, why shouldn't they be included?
> > >
> > I vote they are included, the chipsets are used in a large number of
> > cards. Website: http://rt2400.sourceforge.net. The drivers have worked
> > fine for me with my RT2500 chipset, for over a year now. Sure they
> > aren't perfect, but a functional driver is better than no driver.
> > 
> > But I would imagine the reason they aren't included is because of some
> > possible stability problems.


Look here:
http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20050520.180503.5f49c724.en.html

It says they're in Breezy's kernel?

If so -- awesome!





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