Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Get rid of duplicate usb id from rt2500usb | From | Pavel Roskin <> | Date | Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:11:39 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 16:18 +0200, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:55 PM, John W. Linville<linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 02:42:20PM +0300, Amit Kucheria wrote: > >> USB_DEVICE(0x148f, 0x2573) is served by the rt73usb driver where it is already > >> defined. Remove it from rt2500usb. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@canonical.com> > >> Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> > > > > IIRC there are IDs that are used by different devices where rt73usb > > covers one device and the rt2500usb covers another. Are you sure > > this is not one of those? > > Yes, I believe this particular ID was already discussed some time ago > on this list. This is one of the infamous duplicate IDs. (Fortunately not > one of those infamous Linksys devices with 5 different chipsets for the > same ID).
The famous Linksys devices can be distinguished by the textual PCMCIA ID. In this case, there is no reliable way to distinguish the devices without trying the drivers. I tried and could not find any difference between "lsusb -v" output for the devices said to be supported by rt2500usb and rt73usb.
-- Regards, Pavel Roskin
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