On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Philippe De Muyter <p...@macqel.be> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:40:47PM +0200, Sima Baymani wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Philippe De Muyter <p...@macqel.be> > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:53:58AM +0200, Sima Baymani wrote: > > > > Hi David (and everyone else)! > > > > > > > > Just to make sure I understand, I have some questions to clarify to > > > myself > > > > how it works and what my options are. > > > > > > > > - the RT73 is a Ralink wifi-unit. According to Ralink, it "should" > work > > > on > > > > Linux 2.4 and 2.6. Does that (generally) mean that Linux 2.4 and 2.6 > have > > > > those vendor patches/fixes but uClinux does not? > > > > > > That could also mean that ralink provides drivers on a CD or on its > website > > > that you must compile for your kernel. > > > > > > > > The driver I try to get working is actually the one from Ralink. =/ > > So the driver compiles and apparently gets registered but the device does > > not pop up. > > Has the driver usually anything to do with the device popping up or is it > > only to make the device "work"? I am honestly a bit confused here between > > what is the responsibility of the driver and of the kernel. > > Without the driver, you won't get a device popping up (if I understand what > you mean by popping up), e.g. you won't get a ethX or wlanX for your > device. > Ah, I was maybe a bit unclear. I meant pop up = device ID showing up. Does that change your answer? I do understand that without the driver - no network interface. > > Philippe > > -- > Philippe De Muyter phdm at macqel dot be Tel +32 27029044 > Macq Electronique SA rue de l'Aeronef 2 B-1140 Bruxelles Fax +32 > 27029077 > _______________________________________________ > uClinux-dev mailing list > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > To unsubscribe see: > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev >
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