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differences in the entry: vendor
Ralink
differences in the entry: model name
Ralink corp. RT3370
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
148f:3370
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2010
differences in the entry: interface
USB
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_4_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.32-28-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
no
differences in the entry: free driver used
differences in the entry: Description
[p]Seems to requires a non-free firmware (as of 2011-02-20). Firmware download is officially for RT28XX/RT30XX series, but the RT3070 and RT3370 share the same driver, so I'm assuming the RT3370 has a similarly restricted firmware.[/p]
[p]In addition, reports module license as 'unspecified' to kernel, causing kernel taint.[/p] taint, along with the following:[/p]
[code][11846.791902] rt3070sta: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
[11846.791913] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[11846.792375] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_alloc_urb
[11846.792873] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_free_urb
[11846.793990] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_register_driver
[11846.794733] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_put_dev
[11846.795017] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_get_dev
[11846.795541] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_submit_urb
[11846.796906] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_control_msg
[11846.797849] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_deregister
[11846.799124] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_kill_urb
[11846.799396] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_buffer_free
[11846.800637] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_buffer_alloc[/code]
[p]Tested with unbranded USB dongle:[/p]
[p][a]http://www.jacobsparts.com/items/WIFI-07-BLK/[/a][/p]
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