> As an aside, would it help if more people contact mediatek? I sent a question > on their webform but haven't received a reply. I sent them this mail about a week ago:
""" Hey, guys do you realize how many problems have you done to thousands of 'lucky' users that had bought a laptop with your MT7630 wifi/bluetooth card inside? Your drivers for this card are awful (either Windows or Linux based)! I met the people using this on windows8.1 and complained for periodical device disappearing. I'm personally trying to use this device on Linux (different versions of Ubuntu) - it somehow works but eats 100% cpu load, discharging my battery and increasing cpu temperature all the time! Just look at this thread: (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1220146) - actually it is about your guys drivers for MT7630 - all the people have the same problems on linux. Look how long it is discussed - and there is still no decision. Are you not supporting your own products? The last linux driver is V3.14 from 6/25/2014 - but still the same problems, 100% cpu load, any updates, like it's all ok. Have you tested this before releasing to the market at all? A lot of people can't deal with this, changing their laptops, writing complaints to retailers, buying new wifi-cards, spending their money for services (just look through that link I've provided) - and that's all because of your great drivers for your widely used wifi card. Please, answer me, I'm very disappointed """ --- Still no answer. I think the only thing we can do is to write complaints to our laptop's manufacturers just to prevent them using Mediatek cards in future. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220146 Title: Ralink Mediatek 14c3:7630 wi-fi card isn't supported out of the box Status in HWE Next Project: Confirmed Status in HWE Next trusty series: Confirmed Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux package in Fedora: New Bug description: This device is appearing in some OEM machines, but driver is not yet available in mainline. The driver seems to be present in machines with pre-installed OS, but isn't available on the download-and-install versions! The driver that upstream is working on can be found at https://github.com/lwfinger/mt7630. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1220146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
