On 06/12/07 20:14:11, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Dec 6, 2007 4:48 PM, <lynx.abraxas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > lsusb tells me the manufacturer is Realtek rtl8187 so I compiled, installed > > > and modprobed rtl8187 for the 2.6.22.5 kernel. > > CC'ing those who worked on that driver. > > > compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 did not compile, which I thought would be the best choise. > > Please try today's release, last night's release was broken due to > zd1211rw-mac80211 --> zd1211rw move, among other things. Let me know > how it goes and what kernel you are using. I'm now trying to get the device working on my LFS with 2.6.23.9 which seems to be a bit to new. My other kernel 2.6.21.5 a bit too old:( Well the current compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 does not compile through either. Even with make -k rtl8187.ko is not created. make stops with: make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23.9/build M=/home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.9' CC [M] /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.o In file included from /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:44: /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h:783:3: error: #error "Using neither DMA nor PIO? Confused..." /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c: In function 'b43_interrupt_tasklet': /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:1451: error: implicit declaration of function 'b43_using_pio' /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c: In function 'b43_one_core_attach': /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:3857: error: 'modparam_pio' undeclared (first use in this function) /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:3857: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:3857: error: for each function it appears in.) make[4]: *** [/home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [/home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43] Error 2 make[2]: *** [/home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless] Error 2 make[1]: *** [_module_/home/lynx/compat-wireless-2.6] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.9' make: *** [modules] Error 2 > > No, scanning doesn't work either. Also "ifconfig wlan0 up" takes a long time > > to finish compared to other devices I have worked with. It yields the "wlan0: > > link is not ready" message. > > iwlist wlan0 scan gives: wlan0 No scan results > > Best thing to do is to try to get you to use the latest driver, we'll > be able to help a lot better that way. You can try wireless-2.6.git > tree yourself or we can try to get the compat-wireless-2.6 package > working for you. Is git different from compat-wireless-2.6 package? It seems like it is a daily snapshot. > > > I tried both an none worked. > > Is it possible, though the driver catches the device and I don't get any > > error-messages, that the Stick cannot be used under linux? > > Well lets find out, I believe it should be supported and working with > the current drivers. > That would be great. I got a lot of things running with my LFS but this WLAN- Stick is a hard one again... Lynx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
