[Voyage-linux] Compiling compat-wireless

Thu Jun 16 11:57:30 HKT 2011

Hi Dave,

You need to append :

console=ttyS0,38400n8

to line:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-voyage root=UUID=5bc562fe-8579-4fe0-b1f1-b9fc9a578

in /boot/grub/menu.list

Regards,
Punky

On 6/16/2011 10:20 AM, David Murray wrote:
> Thanks for doing that Punky,
>
> The new kernel image installed fine and it seems to recognise the hardware which is great. I have not extensively 
> tested it but one thing I noticed is that the serial output from my device (ALIX) during bootup was missing. See 
> below. So usually you see all the bootup lines flying past as the device boots but in the new image it was just 
> replaced with a �. I presume is it just a serial line speed thing.
>
> Thanks again,
> Dave
>
> Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.38-voyage'
>
> root (hd0,0)
> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-voyage root=UUID=5bc562fe-8579-4fe0-b1f1-b9fc9a578
> bff ro
> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3400, size=0x1bf270]
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-voyage
> [Linux-initrd @ 0xfcc6000, 0x329cf6 bytes]
>
> �
> Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 voyage ttyS0
>
>
>
>
> On 06/15/2011 04:07 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>> 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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