Patched version of this ralink driver to handle sk_buff structures properly on 64-bit systems

Forked from ashaffer/rt3573sta this version should fix some errors when compiling on recent kernels

##Installation

*** The commands on this guide were executed with sudo when necessary ***

Use git clone to clone this repository to a directory of your choosing. Example:

mkdir drivers/
cd drivers/
git clone https://github.com/RD777/rt3573sta/

Once the directory has been cloned, procede into compiling and installing the module with make:

cd rt3573sta/
sudo make

If there were no errors and the compilation went smoothly, install:

sudo make install

Afterwards, load the module:

sudo modprobe rt3573sta

##Loading the module at boot

To load the module at boot you should read the documentation of your distribution.

For Arch:

sudo touch /etc/modules-load.d/rt3573sta
sudo echo "rt3573sta" > /etc/modules-load.d/rt3573sta

Ubuntu suggests adding the module to the /etc/modules file

Since recent kernels include the rt2800usb module, which is now supporting the Ralink RT3573 chipset, you should blacklist the rt2800usb module to avoid any problems. Doing so is quite easy by adding a file at /etc/modprobe.d/, like so:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/wireless-blacklist.conf

# /etc/modprobe.d/wireless-blacklist.conf
blacklist rt2800usb

For this to work, you will need to install dkms. Ubuntu Wiki - DKMS Arch Wiki - DKMS

NOTE: Before you follow these steps be sure to read those articles

Once you have installed dkms, you can now follow these instructions:

Create a directory at /usr/src/. Example:

mkdir /usr/src/rt3573sta-1.0/

Copy all the contents of this repository to that directory:

cd ~/DIRECTORY/WITH/THIS/REPO
sudo cp -a * /usr/src/rt3573sta-1.0/
ls /usr/src/rt3573sta-1.0/
     chips  common  include  iwpriv_usage.txt  Makefile  os  rate_ctrl  README_STA_usb  RT2870STACard.dat  RT2870STA.dat  sta  sta_ate_iwpriv_usage.txt  tools

Create a file named dkms.conf, and with your favorite editor configure dkms. Example:

sudo vim /usr/src/rt3573sta-1.0/dkms.conf

# /usr/src/rt3573sta-1.0/dkms.conf
MAKE[0]="make"
CLEAN="make clean"
PACKAGE_NAME="rt3573sta"
PACKAGE_VERSION="1.0"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="rt3573sta"
BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="os/linux/"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/"
AUTOINSTALL="yes"

Add the module to the dkms tree

sudo dkms add -m rt3573sta -v 1.0

Build the module

sudo dkms build -m rt3573sta -v 1.0

Install the module

sudo dkms install -m rt3573sta -v 1.0