Ubuntu lacks support for Ralink rt2870 based 802.11n chipsets

Bug Description

The Ralink rt2870 802.11n USB driver is provided by Ralink itself:
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2008_0925_RT2870_Linux_STA_v1.4.0.0.tar.bz2

Must be activate this make options from /os/linux/config.mk:
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

For support of Sitecom WL-315 USB 802.11n adapter (0df6:0039) must be this patch:

--- rt2870.h 2009年02月07日 01:27:09.000000000 +0100
+++ rt2870.h~ 2009年02月07日 01:26:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
{USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x002B)}, /* Sitecom */ \
{USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x002C)}, /* Sitecom */ \
{USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x002D)}, /* Sitecom */ \
+ {USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x0039)}, /* Sitecom */ \
{USB_DEVICE(0x14B2,0x3C06)}, /* Conceptronic */ \
{USB_DEVICE(0x14B2,0x3C28)}, /* Conceptronic */ \
{USB_DEVICE(0x2019,0xED06)}, /* Planex Communications, Inc. */

Thanks for the bug report Daniele. Just adding a note for the Ubuntu kernel team that this driver is currently in the staging directory. I also glanced at the upstream git tree and it doesn't appear this patch has been accepted into upstream staging yet either.

Daniele, just curious if you also submitted this patch to the upstream kernel? If not, it would be great if you did that as well. For now, I'll close the upstream bug watch associated with this report until we hear back from you. Thanks.

Can you please test the kernel in

http://people.ubuntu.com/~manjo/lp326621-jaunty/

and report back here ?

Thanks

I do not have the hardware to test this fix, so if you can please test this kernel and verify that it works I can submit the patch to ubuntu kernel

The problem is that this hardware isn't mine... This patch should be for Jaunty?

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=6296a1c7448d3660d150860c3ce2c7b7d668d52c

Added remote bug watch

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.28-11.36

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linux (2.6.28-11.36) jaunty; urgency=low

[ Amit Kucheria ]

* Updating imx51 configs one more time
* Disable CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH

[ Anton Veretenenko ]

* SAUCE: sony-laptop: add support for Sony Vaio FW series function/media
keys
- LP: #307592

[ Brad Figg ]

* Have AUFS use current VFS APIs so it can build with or without
AppArmor.

[ Bryan Wu ]

* Build-in "Ram block device support" to boot up with initramfs
- LP: #329098
* Remove brd module from iop32x modules list
- LP: #329098
* Increase the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE to 8192 on i.MX51

[ Ike Panhc ]

* SAUCE: Fixing symbol name in HECI module
- LP: #336549

[ Manoj Iyer ]

* SAUCE: Added quirk for Ralink rt2870 802.11n USB driver
- LP: #326621

[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

* udf:SAUCE (drop after 2.6.30): Fix oops when invalid character in
filename occurs
- LP: #321606

-- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> 2009年3月20日 16:52:08 +0100

Another RT2870 device which isn't detected: Sweex LW303, device id 177f:0302 according to lsusb.

@Siep Kroonenberg: Please report this in a new bug. Since this bug is resolved, no one looks here.

Note: Making patch for it is very simple ;)