[Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present

Punky Tse (spam-protected)
Thu Dec 25 13:28:11 HKT 2008


Hi all,

RT2x00 driver should be available in:
    
http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/linux/linux-image-2.6.26-486-voyage_6.0-1_i386.deb

Merry X'mas,
Pukny


Richard Urwin wrote:
> Argh! Lack of planning on my part is no reason for urgency on anyone
> else's, but it would be appreciated.
>
> I'm building a digital photo-frame. I have all the software in place
> and it works great. The last piece of the puzzle is to ditch the wired
> ethernet and use wireless.
>
> I bought this USB WiFi stick because it was known to be 100%
> compatible with Linux. Now with less than 48 hours to go, I find the
> driver isn't in Voyage-Linux. It seems to have been removed in 2006.
> What options do I have?
>
> I have the source of the driver, but there are warnings not to build
> it for kernels after 2.6.22, because the driver is already in the
> kernel. Not in the 2.6.26 (voyage 0.6 built 20081013) it isn't:
>
> # CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
>
> and
>
> # modprobe rt2x00usb
> FATAL: Module rt2x00usb not found.
>
> It would be really, really nice if someone could build this module for
> me, if that will work. Or can I build the drivers from source since
> the kernel module is disabled, or am I going to have to build the
> kernel myself? (I've tried to build kernels a couple of times, and not
> got anything to boot yet. *blush*)
>
>   





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