[oe] madwifi-ng & linux 2.6.29

[Panayot Daskalov]

Mike (mwester <mwester <at> dls.net> writes:

> 
> Adrien Demarez wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am working with Jeremy Lainé on the boc01 architecture. Currently, we
> > do use Madwifi + hostapd 0.5 for our 11g Atheros minicard modules
> > (despite we want to switch to ath9k / ath5k when it is mature enough).
> > As we are still using 2.6.27 kernel and found ath9k is not mature enough
> > for AP in this version (at least, it does not work with our AR9160
> > modules), I have written a working recipe for compat-wireless (not yet
> > committed into OE though, please tell if anyone is interested. Beware :
> > it does not compile if MAC80211 or CFG80211 is defined as 'y' in the
> > kernel, use 'm' or 'n' instead !).
> > This is working, though I'd prefer using vanilla in-kernel drivers
> > instead of compat-wireless (so I plan to have a look to ath*k in 2.6.29
> > kernel very soon).
> > 
> > In order to use ath*k (or any drivers using nl80211) with hostapd, I
> > have also written a recipe for hostapd-0.6.9 (Jeremy has uploaded it
> > into OE) and this is working perfectly with our AR9160 modules using
> > ath9k from compat-wireless. I am currently testing ath5k, but I run into
> > a few troubles with AP mode, so until this is fixed we still need to
> > keep a working madwifi+hostapd-0.5.10 (I also experienced a few troubles
> > with madwifi + hostapd-0.6.9 so for the moment we stand with hostapd-0.5
> > when using madwifi, and hostapd-0.6 is not set as the default one. I
> > will look at this soon but getting a working ath5k/AP is more important
> > to me currently).
> > I also have to do more testing with wpa_supplicant (currently, AP mode
> > is my focus).
> > 
> > BTW, if anyone is interested, I also have written a working recipe for
> > madwifi using hal-0.10.5.6. I found this hal is necessary for some
> > recent chips like AR2417 with whom the vanilla madwifi-ng driver does
> > not work.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > --
> > Adrien Demarez

Hi Adrien,

I am currently facing the issue of compiling drivers for 3Com 3CRUSBN275 USB
Wi-Fi adapter which uses the Atheros AR9001U-2NX chipset. As far as I can
understand this chipset is supported by the compat-wireless package, but I need
to cross compile it for ARM9 platform (i.MX27). So I would be very grateful if
you are willing to share your OE recipe for compat-wireless.

Of course I will give back every feedback that I can.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Panayot