Hi all,
I'm trying to use compat-wireless to upgrade my n900 wireless driver.
N900 is using WL1251 wireless driver and the omap1 kernel version used
it 2.6.28.
The issue is that 2.6.28 does not have implemented many issues for
nl80211 netlink family which I wanted to test on my n900.
I have recompiled the kernel to make cfg80211 and mac80211 modules, so I
can use compat-wireless. After that I have compiled compat-wireless by
selecting the driver family I need. All done under scratchbox.
# scripts/driver-select wl12xx
# make KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.28-myversion \
KMODPATH_ARG=/lib/modules/2.6.28-myversion
# make KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.28-myversion \
KMODPATH_ARG=/lib/modules/2.6.28-myversion install
After that I have installed the new kernel and the drivers in the n900
and the system starts. `uname -a` reports I'm using my custom kernel.
The problem is that the wireless modules are not working as expected and
I cannot get access to my wifi networks. Actually bluetooth is not
working as well, as far as I have tested.
dmesg reports --> http://pastebin.com/xskKcGnE
I have hightlighted the lines that seems to be reflecting what is not
working. So it seems that on startup it is trying to upload the former
wl12xx.ko module. Then I decided to manually upload the new modules to
check them out.
$ sudo gainroot
# modprobe wl1251_spi
# ifconfig -a
---- no wlan0 iface ----
# iwconfig
---- no wireless devices ----
I have also tried with wl1251_sdio driver but I have the same problem.
dmesg doesn't report any error while uploading these drivers, but I
don't know why not a new wireless interface is not created.
BTW, the firmware is in /lib/modules/firmware so it is in a place that
can be found. Do I have to change something?
What files do I need to reconfigure as to get the kernel to point to the
correct driver upon booting?
How do I create a new wireless interface if the driver is uploaded
properly but the interface is not created?
Any other issue that you find I'm not doing correctly?
Any help is welcome.
Regards,
George
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