On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:01:33PM -0500, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I suggest filing bugs in Ubuntu's bug database if you are using their > > kernels. > > Will do that shortly. > > > > If you use a kernel.org kernel, then we can help you out. > > I can try it out. But specifically why would I need to use a > kernel.org kernel? This driver is a kernel module, right? Yes, download a kernel.org kernel, select this module, and build the whole thing. If you've never done this before, there is a book, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell, free online, that describes the process involved in this. > >> The log is truncated. The last error keeps looping for a few times. > >> When I place the firmware in the /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU directory, > >> and plugin the device, I get a kernel panic. > > > > What is the exact panic? > > I was not able to capture the error messages as the system locked up. > Could you suggest a way of capturing the messages? digital camera and send us the picture? > > Can you try the 2.6.32 kernel? It has some fixes for this driver in it. > > As I said earlier, I can try it out but is it possible for me to just > build the correct modules? or does this driver require features > specifically in .32? Drivers in Linux are tied to the kernel version. You need the whole thing. > Also, I'm planning to try out the new kernel in a VM. Since this is a > USB device, I can pass full control to the virtualized installation of > linux. Is that fine or should I test it out on a physical machine? Physical machine is needed. > Also, if I'm trying out the 2.6.32 machine, could you tell me which > flags should I need to enable / pay attention to so that I'm sure > compile the correct drivers? See the above reference. But first, I'd say work with Ubuntu, this sounds like something they can handle for you. good luck, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
