[gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Grant]

I'm using linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8 and I get:

# locate ath5k
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/Makefile
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/initvals.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reg.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/regdom.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/regdom.h

but I can't find ath5k in menuconfig.  Does anyone know where it is?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 14 October 2008 19:38:54 Grant wrote:
> I'm using linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8 and I get:
>
> # locate ath5k
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/Makefile
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.h
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.h
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.h
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.h
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/initvals.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reg.h
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/regdom.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-hardened-r8/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/regdom.h
>
> but I can't find ath5k in menuconfig.  Does anyone know where it is?
>
> - Grant

Depends on: NETDEVICES && !S390 && PCI && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && 
EXPERIMENTAL

Note experimental. Then you'll find it in the usual obvious place in Drivers

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:38:54 -0700, Grant wrote:

> but I can't find ath5k in menuconfig.  Does anyone know where it is?

It won't show up in the menus if options on which it depends are not
selected, but it will show up when you use the search function - press /.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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"Oh, no. Not another one!"

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Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Grant]

>> but I can't find ath5k in menuconfig.  Does anyone know where it is?
>
> It won't show up in the menus if options on which it depends are not
> selected, but it will show up when you use the search function - press /.

Thanks guys.  Anybody tried it?

- Grant

RE: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Adam Carter]

> Thanks guys.  Anybody tried it?

I've tried it. Works at home with WPA2 PSK, but I get a segfault (in wpa_supplicant IIRC) when I use it with WPA2 Enterprise (802.1x) at work. I think my laptop is 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 or r7.

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

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Am Mittwoch 15 Oktober 2008 04:03:26 schrieb ext Adam Carter:

> I've tried it. Works at home with WPA2 PSK, but I get a segfault (in
> wpa_supplicant IIRC) when I use it with WPA2 Enterprise (802.1x) at work. I
> think my laptop is 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 or r7.

Could you post the output of lspci, please? I have stability problems with 
madwifi on my system, so if you've got the same wlan chipset I would give it a 
try also (with 2.6.27, then).

Bye...

	Dirk
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RE: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Adam Carter]

> Could you post the output of lspci, please? I have stability
> problems with
> madwifi on my system, so if you've got the same wlan chipset
> I would give it a try also (with 2.6.27, then).

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

FWIW I had no stability issues with madwifi-ng 0.9.4 with wpa_supplicant 0.5.7 with 2.6.25-gentoo-r7, and IIRC that was with only the old 80211 stuff turned on in the kernel. (??IEEE80211 instead of MAC80211??)

RE: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Adam Carter]

Location:
Device Drivers  --->
  [*] Network device support  --->
        Wireless LAN  --->
          <M>   Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support

You also need;
Networking  --->
  Wireless  --->
    <M> Improved wireless configuration API
    <M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)

It can co-exist with the old one at <M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack

(info from http://madwifi.org/wiki/About/ath5k)

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Grant]

>> Could you post the output of lspci, please? I have stability
>> problems with
>> madwifi on my system, so if you've got the same wlan chipset
>> I would give it a try also (with 2.6.27, then).
>
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

I have the same one.

> FWIW I had no stability issues with madwifi-ng 0.9.4 with wpa_supplicant 0.5.7 with 2.6.25-gentoo-r7, and IIRC that was with only the old 80211 stuff turned on in the kernel. (??IEEE80211 instead of MAC80211??)

Mine works great except it freezes the whole system when starting ath0
in master mode if I have SMP enabled in my kernel:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1903

- Grant

RE: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Adam Carter]

> I've tried it. Works at home with WPA2 PSK, but I get a
> segfault (in wpa_supplicant IIRC) when I use it with WPA2
> Enterprise (802.1x) at work. I think my laptop is
> 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 or r7.

Update - no segfault with 2.6.27 with WPA2 Enterprise.

[gentoo-user] Does vmware work with 2.6.27?

[Adam Carter]

Or even 2.6.26? I use gentoo-sources.

Presumably I'll have to use ~x86 for vwmare-modules and vwmare-server.

Re: [gentoo-user] Does vmware work with 2.6.27?

[Andrey Vul]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Adam Carter <Adam.Carter@optus.com.au> wrote:
> Or even 2.6.26? I use gentoo-sources.
>
> Presumably I'll have to use ~x86 for vwmare-modules and vwmare-server.
Not the portage one (6.0.5).
You have to download (6.5.0) from vmware.com.
Download vmware-player, run the installer like this:
/path/to/VMWare-Player-6.5.0.18166.i386.bundle --command -x
extract_path
If that doesn't work, run
/path/to/VMWare-Player-6.5.0.18166.i386.bundle --help to get the
arguments.
In the extracted directory, you can find the .tgzs of the module
sources (they also include SuSE, Ubuntu, RedHat, and other binary
versions).
Just extract and compile.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Does vmware work with 2.6.27?

[Tony Clark]

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Adam Carter wrote:
> Or even 2.6.26? I use gentoo-sources.
> 
> Presumably I'll have to use ~x86 for vwmare-modules and vwmare-server.
vmware-modules-1.0.0.22 works with 2.6.26, they won't, however, compile
against 2.6.27

tony
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Re: [gentoo-user] Does vmware work with 2.6.27?

[Paul Hartman]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Adam Carter <Adam.Carter@optus.com.au> wrote:
> Or even 2.6.26? I use gentoo-sources.
>
> Presumably I'll have to use ~x86 for vwmare-modules and vwmare-server.

vmware-workstation 6.0.5 from the vmware overlay works for me in
2.6.26 (gentoo-sources)

Typically every new kernel version breaks vmware again and it takes a
few weeks for it to get patched.

Re: [gentoo-user] ath5k in the kernel - where is it?

[Grant]

>>> Could you post the output of lspci, please? I have stability
>>> problems with
>>> madwifi on my system, so if you've got the same wlan chipset
>>> I would give it a try also (with 2.6.27, then).
>>
>> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>
> I have the same one.
>
>> FWIW I had no stability issues with madwifi-ng 0.9.4 with wpa_supplicant 0.5.7 with 2.6.25-gentoo-r7, and IIRC that was with only the old 80211 stuff turned on in the kernel. (??IEEE80211 instead of MAC80211??)
>
> Mine works great except it freezes the whole system when starting ath0
> in master mode if I have SMP enabled in my kernel:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1903
>
> - Grant

In case anyone else runs into this with madwifi-ng, it's fixed with
the latest madwifi-ng-svn ebuild in the je_fro overlay.  ath5k doesn't
support master mode yet in 2.6.27 (although there is a patch floating
around) and madwifi-old is completely unsupported (sandbox violations,
should be removed from portage).

- Grant