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
