PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver

[James Carlson]

Felix writes:
> > We already have 'ral' for RT2500, 'rum' for RT2501, and 'ural' for the
> > RT2500USB.  Do the folks at Ralink really redesign their hardware from
> > the ground up with every new product?  Is there really no commonality
> > among these drivers?
> >   
> In fact, Ralink wifi hardware has mainly 6 series: RT2500PCI, RT2500USB, 
> RT2501/2600PCI, RT2501/2601USB, RT2700/2800PCI, RT2700/2800USB. 
> Different hardware needs to download different firmware. And different 
> hardware has different operation. Linux and BSD also has different 
> driver for different Ralink hardware. Solaris rwd driver is ported from 
> BSD.

OK; thanks.  That's the sort of background information I was looking
for.

+1

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