Search Linux Wireless

Re: How to install Ath5 driver?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi Pavel,

Thanks for the explanation. Now, i understand enabling the Ath5 driver
requires installation of a configured kernel and installation of
driver.

I have been able to build both the configured kernel and the drivers.
But when i boot the kernel i get a run time errr: Coudnt open
directory /lib/modules/2.6.28-rc9-wl but i have confirmed the the
directory exists.

google search is not giving me any result to fix the issue on ubuntu.
I have pasted my menu.lst for my grub loader.  My Ubuntu 8.10, kernel
2.6 is my new kernel.

title           Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
root            ()/ubuntu/disks
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root=UUID=F8B8EED2B8EE8E86 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro
ROOTFLAGS=syncio quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title           Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
root            ()/ubuntu/disks
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root=UUID=F8B8EED2B8EE8E86 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro
ROOTFLAGS=syncio  single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title           Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
root            ()/ubuntu/disks
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin

title           My Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6
root            ()/ubuntu/disks
kernel          /boot/mylinux root=UUID=F8B8EED2B8EE8E86
loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro ROOTFLAGS=syncio quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

Any idea wht is the issue or pointers to resolve this?

Thanks,
Rajith

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 00:21 +0530, rajith pr wrote:
>> Hi Pavel,
>>
>> I intend to work on the ath5k driver only. Iam actually stuck with the
>> Enabling ath5k section of
>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k. May be a trivial
>> think but i dont have an option but ask :-)
>>
>> Enabling ath5k section talks about some configuration but i dont know
>> where to configure these. Should i run some configuration tool and
>> follow the steps ??
>
> I've edited that text slightly to mention kernel configuration in the
> beginning.  It's mentioned later in the text.
>
> The kernel configuration is described in the README file in the Linux
> sources.  There are several ways to configure the kernel, such as "make
> menuconfig" and "make xconfig", but they all edit the ".config" file in
> the directory where the kernel is going to be compiled.
>
> In my opinion, "make menuconfig" is more intuitive that the X based
> configuration tools.
>
> To enable ath5k, you need "CONFIG_ATH5K=m" or "CONFIG_ATH5K=y" to appear
> in .config along with the required dependencies of the driver.  "m" is
> for compiling ath5k as a module, "y" is for compiling into the kernel.
> I think compiling as module is more convenient in most cases.
>
> I don't know any automatic way to enable a particular option and its
> dependencies, so you'll need to go through the configuration and enable
> the dependencies manually.  The link you referred to tells you what
> options to enable.
>
> Actually, that page is becoming obsolete.  SoftMAC is gone from the
> current git repository.  ath5k has other dependencies, such as PCI.  But
> I was reluctant to edit that text, as some users may be compiling older
> kernel, where SoftMAC is present.  As for PCI and some other
> dependencies, they are most likely already enabled, so mentioning them
> could confuse some users.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
>
--
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

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]
  Powered by Linux