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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 17:44:13
Message-Id: 20141005174403.GF3856@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small... by walt
1 walt <w41ter@×××××.com> [14-10-05 19:36]:
2 > On 10/05/2014 07:54 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 > > walt <w41ter@×××××.com> [14-10-05 16:16]:
4 > >> > On 10/05/2014 06:52 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
5 > >>> > > Hi,
6 > >>> > >
7 > >>> > > while trying to get a mt7601sta (UWN200 WiFi dongle) driver running
8 > >>> > > and working I came accross this in the dmesg output:
9 > >>> > >
10 > >>> > > [ 9.931938] usb 2-1: device v148f p7601 is not supported
11 > >> >
12 > >> > This looks to me like it's the real error, not the one below.
13 > > What I dont understand is: If I provide the kernel driver...why does
14 > > the kernel "decides" not to support the hardware the driver itsself
15 > > supports...?
16 >
17 > Where did you get the driver? Are you sure it's really the right one?
18 >
19 >
20 >
21
22 One of the main maintainer for the Beaglebone black kernel sources
23 (Robert C. Nelson) point me to his git repository of this driver.
24
25 I am now back to kernel 3.8.13, where this stuff runs...
26 (The kernel I tried it before was 3.14.19)
27 But this kernel version get no much updates thess days and is
28 somehow old...
29
30 Best regards,
31 mcc

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small... Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@×××××××××.de>