Bug#598144: firmware-ralink: Wireless network unusable when kernel loads with the wireless function button powered off

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

David Sanchez Herrero wrote:

> Of course I remember. It was a "Targa", model "Traveller 1576 X2". If you
> need more details about the hardware, I have all the manuals yet.

Ah, this is the machine from <http://bugs.debian.org/598144>.

FWIW, the card's bit is supposed to be cleared by the .start operation:

	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, GPIOCSR, 0x0000ff00);

But perhaps there is some other mechanism outside the card behind the
switch.  If someone with similar hardware is able to try it, the
following articles might help in investigating:

 http://lwn.net/Articles/391230/
 http://lwn.net/Articles/367630/

Using mmiotrace with ndiswrapper and the Windows driver might also
help.