rt2x00 support not available for beagleboard

That's the same on all recent kernels.

# grep RT2X00 arch/arm/configs/omap3_beagle_defconfig
#
# grep RT2X00 arch/arm/configs/*
arch/arm/configs/eseries_pxa_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00=m
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_USB=m
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB=m
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_HT=y
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_CRYPTO=y
arch/arm/configs/igep0020_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00_DEBUG is not set
arch/arm/configs/kirkwood_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/omap3_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/omap3_touchbook_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/overo_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/rx51_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00=m
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_USB=m
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB=m
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_CRYPTO=y
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_LEDS=y
arch/arm/configs/zeus_defconfig:# CONFIG_RT2X00_DEBUG is not set
Regards
Sid.

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OK, it seems I need to use omap3_defconfig.
Regards
Sid.

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