On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Gary Thomas <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2012-02-29 12:59, Thomas Pedersen wrote: >> >> Hi Gary, >> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Gary Thomas<gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On 2012-02-29 11:48, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2012-02-29 08:43, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm struggling a bit to build compat-wireless in a cross-build >>>>> environment. >>>>> I normally don't build kernels in-tree, rather I use a build tree, e.g. >>>>> % cd<linux-source> >>>>> % mkdir /tmp/kernel_build >>>>> % make O=/tmp/kernel_build<some_config> >>>>> % make O=/tmp/kernel_build uImage >>>>> >>>>> I can't see how to use this setup with the compat-wireless package. >>>>> I tried [all the combinations I could think of] something like this: >>>>> % cd<compat-wireless> >>>>> % make KLIB=<linux-source> KLIB_BUILD=/tmp/kernel_build >>>>> However, this seems to not work as all I get are errors like this: >>>>> /local/compat-wireless-2012-02-28/config.mk:242: "WARNING: >>>>> CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT will be deactivated or not working because kernel >>>>> was >>>>> compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. Tools >>>>> using wext interface like iwconfig will not work. To activate it build >>>>> your kernel e.g. with CONFIG_LIBIPW=m." >>>>> >>>>> Does this process work in my workflow? What do I need to do to >>>>> get it going? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I managed to get past this, using this >>>> % make KLIB=/tmp/kernel_build KLIB_BUILD=/tmp/kernel_build >>>> but to get it to actually build anything, I had to append the >>>> 'modules' target, e.g. >>>> % make KLIB=/tmp/kernel_build KLIB_BUILD=/tmp/kernel_build modules >>>> >>>> Next problems: >>>> * How do I select sub-options? I only want WL12xx support with SDIO, but >>>> that requires some sub-options to be set that don't appear to happen. >>>> I get the main wl12xx module, but not wl12xx_sdio or >>>> wl12xx_platform_data >>>> * There are a number of files which don't build against my 2.6.37 >>>> kernel, >>>> but none of these are important to me (they are in the bluetooth driver >>>> which I don't need, but nonetheless it gets built) >>>> * The make/install is terribly broken for cross-builds. >>>> >>>> I hacked my way past these problems and finally got some modules which >>>> I can try. Sadly, they don't work at all: >>>> # modprobe wl12xx_sdio >>>> wl12xx: loaded >>>> # ifconfig wlan0 up >>>> wl1271_sdio mmc1:0001:2: sdio write failed (-110) >>>> wl1271_sdio mmc1:0001:2: sdio write failed (-110) >>>> ... >>> >>> >>> >>> Sadly, this one was my fault - one of my build hacks got in the way :-( >>> >>> Now, I'm getting this error: >>> wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-4-sr.bin: >>> -2 >>> But this file is not available at the Linux firmware tree >>> >>> (git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git) >>> >>> Where can I find it? >>> >> >> Try here: git://github.com/TI-OpenLink/firmwares.git > > > Thanks. Do you know if these will be moving to kernel.org anytime soon? > My build recipes expect that to be the official home for firmware. > I believe Luciano submitted these a few weeks back, so all in good time :) > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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
