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Subject: Re: [9front] Ralink RT3090 driver
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Quoth kemal <kemalinanc8@gmail.com>:
> 2021-07-01 16:08 GMT, José Miguel Sánchez García <soy.jmi2k@gmail.com>:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My laptop has a Ralink RT3090 Wi-Fi card, which I couldn't get
> > working. However, the FQA marks it as working (section 3.2.3.2.3 and
> > sysinfo of sl's X60s in section 3.2.5.2.1). Can somebody check if
> > that's true?
> >
> > If the FQA is wrong, kemal has been working on the attached patch for
> > that card. It mostly works, but under heavy load it disconnects
> > (ip/ping -n 100000  -i 10 will fail at some point) and we couldn't
> > figure it out. Testing would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > jmi2k
> >
> 
> some fixups on this mail:
> 
> -jmi2k has a rt3290, **NOT** rt3090. the diff adds support for the rt3290
> card. the diff also incorporates 802.11g support.
> -we are wondering if it also crashes on rt3090 and/or rt2790, to see if our
> changes have a problem or there is something wrong with the driver itself.
> 

They're pretty cheap -- $5-$10 on ebay, so I can pick
one up and try it out.