I'm the lead developer on the Astlinux project, which I might have mentioned in a previous posting. This means that I have my hands in many pots, so I'm not an expert in the latest Linux kernel changes... be patient with me. Hard to keep track of 200+ individual projects. I'm building 2.6.26.27 as I said for (amongst other things) an Alix 2D3 (GeodeLX) with EMP-8602 (AR-5413) as a test platform. My kernel gets built with: # # Wireless # CONFIG_CFG80211=m CONFIG_NL80211=y CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y # CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set CONFIG_MAC80211=m # # Rate control algorithm selection # CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="pid" # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set # CONFIG_IEEE80211 is not set CONFIG_RFKILL=m CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=m CONFIG_RFKILL_LEDS=y # CONFIG_NET_9P is not set I build compat-wireless-2.6.30 into /lib/modules/2.6.27.26-astlinux/kernel/... as a Kbuild. The system also has iw-0.9.15 and hostapd-0.6.9. All of this is fairly straightforward. On boot, our /etc/init.d scripts do the following: + modprobe ath5k ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5413 chip found (MAC: 0xa4, PHY: 0x61) + iw dev wlan0 interface add ap0 type managed + ip link set ap0 up + iw dev ap0 connect xxxx command failed: Operation not supported (-95) So doing some sanity checks by hand I get: pbx ~ # lsmod | head Module Size Used by ath5k 104772 0 mac80211 153304 1 ath5k cfg80211 54584 2 ath5k,mac80211 binfmt_misc 7112 1 aes_i586 7456 0 aes_generic 28968 1 aes_i586 lm90 11944 0 hwmon 2324 1 lm90 scx200_acb 4356 0 pbx ~ # iw dev ap0 info Interface ap0 ifindex 9 type managed pbx ~ # iw phy phy0 info command failed: No buffer space available (-105) pbx ~ # Not sure why the "phy ... info" command fails. pbx ~ # hostapd -v hostapd v0.6.9 User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator Copyright (c) 2002-2009, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> and contributors pbx ~ # cat /etc/hostapd.conf # automatically generated. do not edit! logger_syslog=-1 logger_syslog_level=2 logger_stdout=--1 logger_stdout_level=2 debug=0 ctrl_interface_group=0 # should this be per-ssid? macaddr_acl=0 dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump # should this be an option? hw_mode=b bridge=br1 interface=ap0 driver=nl80211 ssid=xxxxx channel=0 auth_algs=1 wpa_passphrase=yyyyy wpa=2 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP rsn_pairwise=CCMP ignore_broadcast_ssid=1 wpa_strict_rekey=1 wpa_group_rekey=600 wpa_gmk_rekey=14400 pbx ~ # ip link show ap0 9: ap0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:02:6f:5a:d2:2b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff pbx ~ # brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br1 8000.00026f5ad22b no ap0 eth0 pbx ~ # pbx ~ # hostapd -dddd -P /var/run/hostapd.pid /etc/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf Line 8: DEPRECATED: 'debug' configuration variable is not used anymore ctrl_interface_group=0 Failed to set interface ap0 to master mode. nl80211 driver initialization failed. ap0: Unable to setup interface. ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x8098028 user_data=(nil) handler=0x806f503 pbx ~ # pbx ~ # ldd /usr/bin/hostapd libnl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnl.so.1 (0xb7f04000) libcrypto.so.0.9.8 => /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 (0xb7df8000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7def000) libc.so.0 => /lib/libc.so.0 (0xb7da5000) libm.so.0 => /lib/libm.so.0 (0xb7d97000) libdl.so.0 => /lib/libdl.so.0 (0xb7d94000) ld-uClibc.so.0 => /lib/ld-uClibc.so.0 (0xb7f3d000) pbx ~ # And on the host that this was cross-compiled: [philipp@builder ~/kernel]$ cat build_i586/hostapd-0.6.9/hostapd/.config CFLAGS+=-Os -Wall -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=k6-2 -fno-align-functions -fno-align-loops -fno-align-jumps -fno-align-labels CFLAGS+= -DUSE_KERNEL_HEADERS -I/home/philipp/kernel/build_i586/linux-2.6.27.26-astlinux/include CONFIG_IEEE80211N=y CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y CFLAGS+=-I/home/philipp/kernel/build_i586/staging_dir/usr/include LIBS+=-L/home/philipp/kernel/build_i586/root/usr/lib CONFIG_DRIVER_NONE=y CONFIG_DRIVER_WIRED=y CONFIG_IAPP=y CONFIG_RSN_PREAUTH=y CONFIG_PEERKEY=y CONFIG_EAP=y CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y CONFIG_EAP_SIM=y CONFIG_EAP_AKA=y CONFIG_EAP_AKA_PRIME=y CONFIG_EAP_PAX=y CONFIG_EAP_PSK=y CONFIG_EAP_SAKE=y CONFIG_EAP_GPSK=y CONFIG_EAP_GPSK_SHA256=y CONFIG_EAP_IKEV2=y CONFIG_PKCS12=y CONFIG_IPV6=y CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y CONFIG_IEEE80211N=y [philipp@builder ~/kernel]$ What am I missing? How should I go about debugging this? Thanks, -Philip -- 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