James Carlson ??:
> Frank Che writes:
>
>> This project is to support Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE 802.11b/g
>> wireless devices through providing rwd(7D) driver, which is based on
>> gldv3, mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module.
>>
>
> 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.
> This area doesn't look right to me. A profusion of drivers for
> substantially similar hardware will cause support and maintenance
> problems down the road.
>
>
