On Thursday 03 June 2010 11:43:47 Ray wrote: > Hi fellow developers, > > I have just started to look into Linux and would like to get my hands dirty > with the ATH5k development. > > As of now, I have installed Ubuntu LTS 10.04 and some software packages I > believe would be necessary for development (i.e. Build-essentials, > linux-libc-dev and linux-source-2.6.32). The next step I suppose is to > download the ATH5k source and start to look into the codes. But I have > several questions in mind and would appreciate if some of you can shed me > some light and point me to the right direction. > > I understand that this version is Ubuntu already comes with ATH5k installed > by default. My understanding is that I have to first disable it and then > download the ATH5K source off the internet and work on the downloaded copy > instead. In that case, may I know how can I unload the default ATH5K from > Ubuntu? I tried using the blacklist method as suggested by some folks in a > forum but I am wondering if that will effectively blacklist my home-brewed > ATH5K as a result subsequently. > > Lastly, may I know if theres any online guide on how do I get started with > ATH5K development for a new developer who has little Linux experience? I'm > a relatively quick learner, so if theres an online guide somewhere, I > should be able to follow it through and hopefully get up to speed quickly. > > Thanks for reading and I appreciate all the help I can get. Cheers! :) hi simon! we can definetly need some help with ath5k... :) the best way to work on ath5k is to compile your own kernel based on the wirless-testing git tree. this is where all wireless drivers are developed and using it you can make sure you get all latest changes to mac80211 (the driver independet mac-layer part) and ath5k. just compile the kernel, install it and boot into it. you can use the ubuntu kernel configuration (/boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic) as a start for your kernel, but you can disable a lot of drivers and optimize it quite a bit to have faster compile times (and better optimization for your machine). a good start to read is: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k if you have any more questions, feel free to ask... bruno -- 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
