2009/4/25 FRLinux <frli...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Jochem Kossen <jochem.kos...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Interesting, I've got exactly the same problem with an rt2860. I >> thought it was just bad hardware (suspecting the rt2860), or >> temperature issues, and pulled out the card. The machine's been >> rock-solid since (d'oh). > > For me eworks, snapshot from 28/02/2009, rock stable (ral card running > as AP with WPA-PSK): > > ral0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Ralink RT2561S" rev 0x00: irq 11, > address 00:12:0e:61:4a:70 > ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT5225 > > Cheers, > Steph >
Interesting. I wonder though, is the 4.5-release code based on the February 28, 2009 snapshot? (Or thereabouts?) If so, then 4.5-release should work reliably for these cards. I did notice the RT2661 comes up default in 802.11b mode, but setting 'mediaopt mode 11g' in ifconfig/hostname.ral0 works fine. The card will lock up the machine in a day or so (or if any large amount of data is transferred through it in a short time = more immediate lockup). So it seems something between Feb. 28th and April 10th snapshots broke ral(4), or at least how ral(4) interacts with the machine. Hopefully, my pre-ordered 4.5 CD will arrive in tomorrow's mail and I can replace the April 25th snapshot with it and it will be a lot more reliable. Tom
