From sacadmin Mon May 25 22:48:33 2009 Received: from sac.sfbay.sun.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4Q5mXh7009930; Mon, 25 May 2009 22:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from xc149992@localhost) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id n4Q5mXJ8009926; Mon, 25 May 2009 22:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 22:48:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Xiang-Dong Frank Che Message-Id: <200905260548.n4Q5mXJ8009926@sac.sfbay.sun.com> To: PSARC-record@sac.sfbay.sun.com Subject: Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver [PSARC/2009/320 Self Review] Status: RO Content-Length: 596 Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Author: Felix Feng 1.3 Date of This Document: 25 May, 2009 4. Technical Description See the case directory for more detail 6. Resources and Schedule 6.4. Steering Committee requested information 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: ON 6.5. ARC review type: Automatic 6.6. ARC Exposure: open From Frank.Che@sun.com Mon May 25 23:34:50 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4Q6Yn2I010756 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 23:34:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4Q6YkuA028384 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@sun.com>; Tue, 26 May 2009 07:34:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KK800C0DNLZAG00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Tue, 26 May 2009 00:34:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from sineb-mail-1.sun.com ([192.18.19.6]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KK80052RNLXG8D0@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Tue, 26 May 2009 00:34:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from fe-apac-06.sun.com (fe-apac-06.sun.com [192.18.19.177] (may be forged)) by sineb-mail-1.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n4Q6Yj3K025717 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:34:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-apac.sun.com by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 64bit (built Apr 16 2009)) id <0KK800E00NECYF00@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Tue, 26 May 2009 14:34:45 +0800 (SGT) Received: from [129.158.218.60] ([unknown] [129.158.218.60]) by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 64bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KK8009PRNLWDV90@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Tue, 26 May 2009 14:34:45 +0800 (SGT) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:31:42 +0800 From: Frank Che Subject: PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver Sender: Frank.Che@sun.com To: PSARC-ext@sun.com Cc: Fei.Feng@sun.com Message-id: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070622) Status: RO Content-Length: 2698 I'm sponsoring this case for Felix Feng. It is to provide a new wireless driver, rwd(7D), for Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices. The requested release binding is patch/micro. I have marked it as "closed approved automatic" since the change is straightforward and the interface is clear. If there is request, I'd be happy to upgrade it to a fast track and set the timer. -Frank 4. Technical Description 4.1 Details 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. The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this driver is: pci1814,301 pci1814,302 pci1814,401 This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | NAME | STABILITY LABEL | DESCRIPTION | +------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+ | Interfaces Exported | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | rwd | Committed | Driver name | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| | SUNWrwd | Committed | Package name | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Interfaces Imported | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | Gldv3/Nemo | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2004/571 | | | | PSARC/2005/396 | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| | Mac_wifi plugin | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2006/406 | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| | net80211 kernel module | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2006/406 | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| | Brussels | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2007/429 | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| | Fast Reboot | Committed | PSARC/2008/382 | |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------| 6. Resources and Schedule 6.4. Steering Committee requested information 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: ON 6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions: No sparc version for this driver, since the net80211 kernel module exists on x86 platform only. 6.5. ARC review type: self-review 6.6. ARC Exposure: open From carlsonj@phorcys.east.sun.com Tue May 26 03:56:14 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4QAuDMA012638 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 03:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4QAu83E024314 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@Sun.COM>; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:56:13 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KK800F01ZPML500@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Tue, 26 May 2009 04:56:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from dm-east-01.east.sun.com ([129.148.9.192]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KK8008BIZPMKQ40@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Tue, 26 May 2009 04:56:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from phorcys.east.sun.com (phorcys.East.Sun.COM [129.148.174.143]) by dm-east-01.east.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4QAu8Yi044652; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:56:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phorcys.east.sun.com (phorcys.local [127.0.0.1]) by phorcys.east.sun.com (8.14.3+Sun/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4QAt7QP014242; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:55:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from carlsonj@localhost) by phorcys.east.sun.com (8.14.3+Sun/8.14.3/Submit) id n4QAt7si014239; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:55:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 06:55:07 -0400 From: James Carlson Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver In-reply-to: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> To: Frank Che Cc: PSARC-ext@sun.com, Fei.Feng@sun.com Message-id: <18971.51851.127706.156326@gargle.gargle.HOWL> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: VM 7.01 under Emacs 21.3.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> Status: RO Content-Length: 838 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? 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. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 From Fei.Feng@Sun.COM Tue May 26 19:12:20 2009 Received: from newsunmail1brm.central.sun.com (newsunmail1brm.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.62.245]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4R2CJH3025713 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (nwk-avmta-2.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.145.155.6]) by newsunmail1brm.central.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4R2CJh5028947 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@sun.com>; Tue, 26 May 2009 20:12:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KKA00B0364HJG00@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sineb-mail-1.sun.com ([192.18.19.6]) by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KKA007UG64GDU60@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fe-apac-06.sun.com (fe-apac-06.sun.com [192.18.19.177] (may be forged)) by sineb-mail-1.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n4R2CF6v007734 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 02:12:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-apac.sun.com by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 64bit (built Apr 16 2009)) id <0KKA0050061ABM00@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 10:12:15 +0800 (SGT) Received: from [129.158.218.119] ([unknown] [129.158.218.119]) by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 64bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KKA00CVF64E65C0@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 10:12:15 +0800 (SGT) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:12:35 +0800 From: Felix Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver In-reply-to: <18971.51851.127706.156326@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Sender: Fei.Feng@Sun.COM To: James Carlson Cc: Frank Che , PSARC-ext@Sun.COM Message-id: <4A1CA193.1030609@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> <18971.51851.127706.156326@gargle.gargle.HOWL> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080728) Status: RO Content-Length: 1038 James Carlson 写道: > 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. > > From casper@holland.sun.com Wed May 27 00:08:31 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4R78UkP008352 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 00:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwk-avmta-1.SFBay.Sun.COM (nwk-avmta-1.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.146.11.74]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4R78Q0T028327 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@Sun.COM>; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:08:30 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.nwk-avmta-1.sfbay.Sun.COM by nwk-avmta-1.sfbay.Sun.COM (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KKA00G01JU4I800@nwk-avmta-1.sfbay.Sun.COM> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 00:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dm-holland-02.uk.sun.com ([129.156.101.225]) by nwk-avmta-1.sfbay.Sun.COM (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KKA004D5JU355E0@nwk-avmta-1.sfbay.Sun.COM> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 00:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from holland (room101.Holland.Sun.COM [10.16.117.40]) by dm-holland-02.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4R78Nmx019612; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:08:24 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:08:23 +0200 From: Casper.Dik@sun.com Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver In-reply-to: <4A1CA193.1030609@sun.com> Sender: casper@holland.sun.com To: Felix Cc: James Carlson , Frank Che , PSARC-ext@sun.com Message-id: <200905270708.n4R78Nmx019612@dm-holland-02.uk.sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> <18971.51851.127706.156326@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <4A1CA193.1030609@sun.com> Status: RO Content-Length: 467 > >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. I would assume it's pretty much like the many Intel wifi drivers we have. (iwh, iwk, iwi) Casper From carlsonj@phorcys.east.sun.com Wed May 27 04:18:53 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4RBIqXU025978 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 04:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4RBIkls002365 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@Sun.COM>; Wed, 27 May 2009 12:18:51 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KKA0040VVFDWU00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 05:18:49 -0600 (MDT) Received: from dm-east-02.east.sun.com ([129.148.13.5]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KKA0045WVFBPI00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Wed, 27 May 2009 05:18:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from phorcys.east.sun.com (phorcys.East.Sun.COM [129.148.174.143]) by dm-east-02.east.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n4RBIjIV002440; Wed, 27 May 2009 07:18:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phorcys.east.sun.com (phorcys.local [127.0.0.1]) by phorcys.east.sun.com (8.14.3+Sun/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4RBHgnc018301; Wed, 27 May 2009 07:17:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from carlsonj@localhost) by phorcys.east.sun.com (8.14.3+Sun/8.14.3/Submit) id n4RBHged018298; Wed, 27 May 2009 07:17:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 07:17:42 -0400 From: James Carlson Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/320 Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Driver In-reply-to: <4A1CA193.1030609@sun.com> To: Felix Cc: Frank Che , PSARC-ext@sun.com Message-id: <18973.8534.372539.303600@gargle.gargle.HOWL> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: VM 7.01 under Emacs 21.3.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4A1B8CCE.4040904@sun.com> <18971.51851.127706.156326@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <4A1CA193.1030609@sun.com> Status: RO Content-Length: 942 Felix writes: > > 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. OK; thanks. That's the sort of background information I was looking for. +1 -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677