On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 09:47:11AM -0500, Jaime A Fournier wrote:
> What type of device is this?
> I have a:
> -------------------------
> ral0 at uhub0 port 1
> ral0: Ralink 802.11g WLAN + Pen Drive, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2
> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x03), RF RT2526
> ral0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ral0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> -------------------------

This is a Gigabyte GN-WI01GS mini-PCI card:

ral0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: Ralink Technologies RT2561S 802.11b/g \
(rev. 0x00)
ral0: interrupting at irq 11
ral0: 802.11 address [...]
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2661B, RF RT2527
ral0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ral0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps \
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps


> this is running fine on a sparc64 with GENERIC and is also booting over 
> nfs.
> 
> The device is up and configured and is used without any issues on 4.99.3.
> Although I am not sure this particular device requires firmware.

It most probably doesn't require any firmware which is why you don't see
this issue.

Best regards,

ND