Hello,
Just to update this call for help.
I've misunderstood the meaning of the versions in compat-wireless. I
thought the version of the package was a reference to the kernel to
which it could be applied and not the version of the wireless stack that
it provided, hence I had applied the same wireless software level that I
already had in my 2.6.35 kernel.
With the help of the people in IRC, I fixed this and I now have the
compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1 version. I have just managed to have the AP
capabilities I wanted with this HW. My only known problem is that I
cannot rmmod the ath5k without crashing the kernel. If I can capture the
crash, I'll send it later.
When building/installing the compat-wireless I have this problem that I
don't know if it's the cause of the later crash.
DEPMOD 2.6.35.8+
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/compat/compat.ko
needs unknown symbol led_classdev_unregister
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
needs unknown symbol led_classdev_register
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_unregister
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_blocked
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_destroy
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_resume_polling
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_pause_polling
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_set_hw_state
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_alloc
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_register
WARNING:
../output//lib/modules/2.6.35.8+/extra/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
needs unknown symbol rfkill_set_sw_state
make: Leaving directory
`/SOURCES/git/sglc2ip/public/eoskernel26-2.6.35/upstream/build-release'
Cheers,
Nuno
On 07/15/2012 03:40 PM, Nuno Ferreira wrote:
Hello,
Sorry for cross-posting but I'm not really sure about where the
problem is, ath5k or hostapd.
I'm having problems using a Ubiquiti Networks XR5 (168c:001b, which is
reported working on
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k#Supported_PCI_IDs
and http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Ubiquiti_Networks_XR5) in a custom
Linux distribution.
It's based on kernel 2.6.35 (I cannot change this, although I can take
patches) and I've tried hostapd-0.7.3 and hostapd-1.0. My distribution
has no udev and I'm embedding db.txt for country regulatory domain
control.
The device seems to be properly detected by the kernel. I'm currently
unable to have the hostap set channel and frequency but it seems that
I can set it first through iwconfig and use the channel=0 or
channel=acs_survey in hostapd.conf.
iwconfig reports the device to be in master mode, on acceptable
frequency and channel (hw_mode=a, 5Ghz).
Running the hostapd in debug mode (-dd), hostapd reports a flow of
probe requests sent by STAs but nothing else, not even ACKing them...
I've also tested compat-wireless-2.6.35 but the results are the same.
I have some warnings when building compat-wireless (see attached) but
I'm not sure they are sufficient reason, at least "rfkill list" and
hostapd-1.0 (that depends on rfkill) still work.
Two extra notes:
- The kernel has some patches not related to wireless, the only patch
I've added to net/wireless/sysfs.c was a (slightly changed) patch from
Ben Greear -
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/57521 -
to add the name attribute to the sysfs that hostapd-1.0 needs.
- Had no problems with hostapd-0.7.3 but hostapd-1.0 seems to depend
on libnl-1.x (nl80211_handle_alloc) so I had to go back to this one.
I'm attaching information that I believe it's relevant. Please let me
know about any additional information you need.
Any help would be highly appreciated, since I'm kind of blocked right
now.
TIA,
Nuno
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