[SoaS] rt2x00 firmware

[Dave Bauer]

These are in rpmfusion non-free. They work great.

The module you'll need is kmod-rt2870
There are also kmod-rt2860 (eeepc 901) and kmod-rt3070

Dave


On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if someone would like to package up a few more firmware
> blobs for Ralink wifi dongles. In particular, I'm interested in the
> RT2870 which, oddly enough, is used by Intel on the Classmate PC.
>
> Some background information on the kernel driver:
>
>  http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>
> The Firmware is distributed by Ralink here:
>
>  http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2
>
> Click through the firmware link to view the license. The terms appear to
> satisfy the legal requirements imposed by the Fedora guidelines:
>
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Binary_Firmware
>
> If the rt2800usb driver included in official kernels really works,
> perhaps the kmod packages distributed by rpmfusion should be obsoleted.
>
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