Comment 3 for bug 144239

I've the same problem with chipset RT73 with my Linksys WUSB54GC. The problem appear the update of kernel 2.6.22-12. That made approximately a week.

dmesg command :

[ 38.928554] wmaster0: Failed to select rate control algorithm
[ 38.928560] wmaster0: Failed to initialize rate control algorithm
[ 38.979501] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to initialize hw.
[ 38.979522] rt73usb: probe of 4-1.3:1.0 failed with error -2
[ 38.979552] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb

and after

[ 6615.466990] usbcore: deregistering interface driver rt73usb
[ 6637.166436] ieee80211_init: failed to initialize WME (err=-17)
[ 6637.685914] rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_unregister
[ 6637.685981] rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_put
[ 6637.686035] rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_get
[ 6637.686113] rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_register
[ 6637.687071] wmaster0: Failed to select rate control algorithm
[ 6637.687078] wmaster0: Failed to initialize rate control algorithm
[ 6637.714790] phy1 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to initialize hw.
[ 6637.715190] rt73usb: probe of 4-1.3:1.0 failed with error -2
[ 6637.715603] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb

Thank's a lot for you great job !