On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 11:42 -0600, Jaimos F Skriletz wrote:
> Package: linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64
> Version: 3.2.15-1
>
> I can confirm this bug in sid running kernel
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux volticor 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Apr 15 16:47:38 UTC 2012 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
> I am able to get the device working easily enough by a slight
> modification of the above fix for squeeze:
>
> First load the module since it won't load automatically (note you need
> the non-free firmware-ralink package installed):
>
> $ modprobe rt2800usb
>
> Second tell the module to assoicate with the usbID of the device:
>
> $ echo "1737 0078" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id
>
> After that I am able to use the wireless device normally.
The driver source does mention this ID, but it was classified as
belonging to an unknown Ralink chip and therefore not handled by
default. This has been changed in subsequent upstream versions, so
we'll apply those the changes.
Greg, please cherry-pick the following commits for 3.0:
commit acb56120d2c386d6dd104a6515c1a15dabc1ef87
Author: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 6 22:59:19 2011 +0200
rt2x00: Properly identify rt2800usb devices.
commit 43bf8c245237b8309153aa39d4e8f1586cf56af0
Author: Eduardo Bacchi Kienetz <eduardo@kienetz.com>
Date: Sun Jul 10 17:05:14 2011 +0200
rt2800usb: Add new device ID for Belkin
commit c18b7806e4f3373b2f296a65fb19251a3b49a532
Author: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Nov 12 19:10:43 2011 +0100
rt2x00: Add USB device ID of Buffalo WLI-UC-GNHP.
commit 3ac44670ad0fca8b6c43b3e4d8494c67c419f494
Author: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon Dec 19 21:07:33 2011 +0000
rt2800: Add support for the Fujitsu Stylistic Q550
commit bc93eda7e903ff75cefcb6e247ed9b8e9f8e9783
Author: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Dec 28 01:53:18 2011 +0100
rt2x00: Identify rt2800usb chipsets.
(The last two are also needed in 3.2.)
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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