2011/8/23 Roland Vossen <rvossen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> that is great. Ok, do you have the kernel sources on your system ? If so, >>> cd >>> to the root of the source tree and issue these commands to build the >>> driver: >>> >>> make SUBDIRS=drivers/staging/brcm80211 clean >>> make SUBDIRS=drivers/staging/brcm80211 modules >> >> Done! > > perfect ! > >>> if that works, do a 'modprobe mac80211' followed by a 'insmod >>> drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko' >> >> root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# insmod >> drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko >> insmod: can't read 'drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko': >> No such file or directory >> >> Ah, okay... >> root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# insmod >> drivers/staging/brcm80211/util/brcmutil.ko > > Ah, the source tree had some renaming. It is named 'brcmutil' in my source > but in the source you are using it is still named 'util'. Yep... I'm using Debian kernel sources for their "testing" branch. >> root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# >> >>> followed by a 'insmod drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko'. >> >> Mmm... this one returned an error: >> >> root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# insmod >> drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko >> insmod: error inserting >> 'drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in >> module >> >> And dmesg shows: >> >> [16235.934894] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_chspec_malformed (err 0) >> [16235.934985] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_init (err 0) >> [16235.935035] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_bitcount (err 0) >> [16235.935092] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_peek_tail (err 0) >> [16235.935130] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_mdeq (err 0) >> [16235.935283] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_pdeq (err 0) >> [16235.935329] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_chspec_ctlchan (err 0) >> [16235.935375] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pkt_buf_free_skb (err 0) >> [16235.935414] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_iovar_lencheck (err 0) >> [16235.935457] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pkttotlen (err 0) >> [16235.935519] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_ether_atoe (err 0) >> [16235.935581] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_crc8 (err 0) >> [16235.935636] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pkt_buf_get_skb (err 0) >> [16235.935677] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_penq_head (err 0) >> [16235.935735] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_pdeq_tail (err 0) >> [16235.935774] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_pflush (err 0) >> [16235.935827] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_penq (err 0) >> [16235.935882] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol bcm_pktq_flush (err 0) > > These symbols are contained in the 'brcmutil.ko' module. Can you check with > lsmod that brcmutil is indeed loaded ? Let me check it... root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# lsmod|grep -e mac -e br brcmutil 13187 0 mac80211 165768 0 cfg80211 112970 1 mac80211 Seems loaded :-? root@stt300:/usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0# insmod drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko insmod: error inserting 'drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module And dmesg: [18412.454900] brcmutil: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [18462.257358] brcmsmac: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [18462.260105] brcmsmac: Unknown symbol crc_ccitt (err 0) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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
