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ale@beast:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0763:4008 Midiman 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 058f:6364 Alcor Micro Corp. AU6477 Card Reader Controller
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 7392:7710 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd 
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 046d:c05b Logitech, Inc. M-U0004 810-001317 [B110 Optical USB Mouse]
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
ale@beast:~$ sudo iwpriv ra0 e2p 208=04E8
ra0       no private ioctls.

ale@beast:~$ 

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sudo make

[...big cut...]

/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c: In function ‘RTMPIoctlE2PROM’:
/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:6035:1: warning: the frame size of 1344 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
 }
 ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:258: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o" non riuscito
make[2]: *** [/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o] Errore 1
Makefile:1420: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "_module_/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux" non riuscito
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/ale/Scrivania/2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux] Errore 2
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-83-generic"
Makefile:243: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "LINUX" non riuscito
make: *** [LINUX] Errore 2

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Newer kernels >= 2.6.35 will fail to compile (make) the driver because the driver makes use of the functions usb_buffer_alloc() and usb_buffer_free() which were renamed in kernel 2.6.35 .. so if during the next (make && make install) step it fails with this error:

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    make[2]: *** [/home/mark/Desktop/RT2870/os/linux/../../common/cmm_mac_usb.o] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [_module_/home/mark/Desktop/RT2870/os/linux] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic'
    make: *** [LINUX] Error 2


or similar.

The fix is to cd to the driver source directory (eg. 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1), and run the following 3 commands which will clean the build directory and replace the old calls with the new ones:

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make clean
find . -name \*.[ch] -exec grep usb_buffer_alloc "{}" ";" -exec sed -i 's/usb_buffer_alloc/usb_alloc_coherent/g' "{}" ";"
find . -name \*.[ch] -exec grep usb_buffer_free "{}" ";" -exec sed -i 's/usb_buffer_free/usb_free_coherent/g' "{}" ";"

(hitting enter after each line)

Or, I've uploaded a pre-modified version of the driver that WILL compile on kernels >= 2.6.35 here:
2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1.tar.bz2

Then carry on with the "sudo su" and "make && make install", as per the instructions below.