[Voyage-linux] Compiling compat-wireless

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi David,

If you have time, please test 2.6.38 kernel, which should have included the kernel modules you need.  Let me know your 
result, as this kernel will be included in Voyage Linux 0.7.5 release (due end June).

http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/linux/linux-image-2.6.38-voyage_9.0-1_i386.deb

Regards,
Punky


On 6/14/2011 3:30 PM, David Murray wrote:
> Hi Punky,
>
> It would be great if you could put the modules into the next voyage kernel. Show below is the output of an lsmod on a 
> 2.6.32-5-686 kernel.   I believe that the key modules are:
>
> rndis_wlan, rndis_host, cdc_ether, usbnet, cdc_acm, ohci_hcd, ehci_hcd
>
> Thanks for your help also Gustin, I am currently working with the standard deb kernel.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
> Module                  Size  Used by
> ledtrig_timer           1601  0
> ledtrig_heartbeat        989  0
> leds_alix2              1131  0
> scx200_acb              2565  0
> hwmon_vid               1528  0
> lm90                    7728  0
> i2c_core               12751  2 scx200_acb,lm90
> hostap_pci             34628  0
> hostap                 76764  1 hostap_pci
> lib80211                2834  2 hostap_pci,hostap
> natsemi                19255  0
> arc4                     974  2
> evdev                   5609  0
> ecb                     1405  2
> ath5k                 103870  0
> snd_pcm                47226  0
> mac80211              122866  1 ath5k
> rndis_wlan             15916  0
> snd_timer              12258  1 snd_pcm
> ath                     5982  1 ath5k
> aes_i586                6816  1
> snd                    34387  2 snd_pcm,snd_timer
> aes_generic            25738  1 aes_i586
> soundcore               3450  1 snd
> cfg80211               86977  4 ath5k,mac80211,rndis_wlan,ath
> rndis_host              4323  1 rndis_wlan
> geode_aes               3826  1
> snd_page_alloc          4977  1 snd_pcm
> rfkill                 10196  1 cfg80211
> cdc_ether               2633  1 rndis_host
> geode_rng                800  0
> usbnet                  9459  3 rndis_wlan,rndis_host,cdc_ether
> cdc_acm                12582  0
> pcspkr                  1207  0
> led_class               1757  2 leds_alix2,ath5k
> rng_core                2178  1 geode_rng
> cs5535_gpio             1776  0
> ext2                   46109  1
> mbcache                 3762  1 ext2
> sd_mod                 25937  2
> crc_t10dif              1012  1 sd_mod
> ata_generic             2067  0
> pata_cs5536             2302  0
> ohci_hcd               16883  0
> pata_amd                6625  1
> ehci_hcd               28453  0
> libata                115513  3 ata_generic,pata_cs5536,pata_amd
> via_rhine              14527  0
> usbcore                98541  8 rndis_wlan,rndis_host,cdc_ether,usbnet,cdc_acm,o
> hci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> scsi_mod              104613  2 sd_mod,libata
> mii                     2714  2 usbnet,via_rhine
> nls_base                4541  1 usbcore
>
> On 06/13/2011 04:38 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Why do you so insist to use compat-wireless?
>>
>> Yes, lsmod is what I want.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>> On 6/13/2011 4:33 PM, David Murray wrote:
>>> Hi Punky,
>>>
>>> Just to confirm, you are saying that I should donwload and install deb squeeze in a VM, compile compat-wireless, 
>>> plug in my wireless dongle, do an 'lsmod' and provide you with a list of the kernel modules that are required to run 
>>> the hardware. Is this what you are wanting?
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your time
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On 06/13/2011 03:55 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> Since you are using Voyage 0.7.0, I would recommend you to install stock debian squeeze kernel first.  Once you've 
>>>> got it run properly, please let me know what modules in voyage kernel is missing.  I can arrange to add it in the 
>>>> next release (due end June).
>>
>>


-- 
Regards,
Kim-man "Punky" Tse

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