Re: bcm43xx finally working, with encryption too!!!
same here...
are you trying an airport extreme on a powerbook 12"???
Kasper
On 1/19/06, Milan Toth <milan@toth-online.com> wrote:
> well,
>
> still no luck. kernel 2.6.15 without IEEE80211, with
> softmac-snapshot, bcm43xx from checkouted from svn and still
> the same problem :(
>
> Milan
>
> Emmanuel Galatoulas at Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:17:52PM CET wrote:
> > Milan Toth wrote:
> >
> > >no luck :(
> > >
> > >twoo diferent kernels 2.6.15-rc5 and 2.6.15.1 also your source
> > >of bcm43xx and sofmac and no luck. When we can expect official
> > >module in kernel?
> > >
> > >thanks for your help and time Ruben :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Hi Milan
> >
> > i got curious after reading the posts by Ruben so
> > I experimented a bit. I built the kernel 2.6.15 without the
> > options regarding the ieee82011 modules,
> > (here is the diff between my two configurations)
> >
> > < # Linux kernel version: 2.6.15
> > < # Tue Jan 10 01:36:09 2006
> > ---
> > > # Linux kernel version: 2.6.15nowifi
> > > # Mon Jan 16 23:37:17 2006
> > 610,611c610,611
> > < CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m
> > < CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m
> > ---
> > > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP is not set
> > > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP is not set
> > 1083,1093c1083,1086
> > < # CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG is not set
> > < CONFIG_IPW2200=m
> > < CONFIG_AIRO=m
> > < CONFIG_HERMES=m
> > < # CONFIG_APPLE_AIRPORT is not set
> > < CONFIG_PLX_HERMES=m
> > < CONFIG_TMD_HERMES=m
> > < # CONFIG_NORTEL_HERMES is not set
> > < CONFIG_PCI_HERMES=m
> > < C< CONFIG_PCI_ATMEL=m
> > ---
> > > # CONFIG_IPW2200 is not set
> > > # CONFIG_AIRO is not set
> > > # CONFIG_HERMES is not set
> > > # CONFIG_ATMEL is not set
> > 1098,1099d1090
> > < # CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES is not set
> > < # CONFIG_PCMCIA_SPECTRUM is not set
> > 1101d1091
> > < # CONFIG_PCMCIA_ATMEL is not set
> > 1108,1112c1098
> > < CONFIG_HOSTAP=m
> > < CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE=y
> > < CONFIG_HOSTAP_PLX=m
> > < CONFIG_HOSTAP_PCI=m
> > < CONFIG_HOSTAP_CS=m
> > ---
> > > # CONFIG_HOSTAP is not set
> >
> > I emphasise that in both cases i use KERNEL 2.6.15 !!!!!!!!
> > (so I can't say about -rc7 or 2.6.15.1!!!)
> >
> > Then I tried to built bcm43xx first against the kernel's own ieee80211 stuff
> > and second against the softmac-snapshot. The result was that in the
> > first case
> > the module just doesn't build which a little search shows that is due
> > not only that
> > kernel-source files for ieee* are not identical with those in
> > softmac-snapshot!
> > For instance:
> >
> > diff ieee80211_crypt.h
> > /usr/src/softmac-snapshot/include/net/ieee80211_crypt.h
> > 26c26,28
> > < #include <linux/skbuff.h>
> > ---
> > > #include <linux/types.h>
> > > #include <linux/list.h>
> > > #include <asm/atomic.h>
> > 31a34,36
> > > struct sk_buff;
> > > struct module;
> > >
> > 89a95,96
> > > struct ieee80211_device;
> >
> > and
> >
> > # diff ieee80211.h /usr/src/softmac-snapshot/include/net/ieee80211.h
> > 366,367c366,368
> > < * information for frames received. Not setting these will not
> > cause
> > < * any adverse affects. */
> > ---
> > > * information for frames received.
> > > * For ieee80211_rx_mgt, you need to set at least the 'len'
> > parameter.
> > > */
> > 1090a1092
> > > /* make sure to set stats->len */
> > 1122a1125,1132
> > > extern int ieee80211_wx_set_auth(struct net_device *dev,
> > > struct iw_request_info *info,
> > > union iwreq_data *wrqu,
> > > char *extra);
> > > extern int ieee80211_wx_get_auth(struct net_device *dev,
> > > struct iw_request_info *info,
> > > union iwreq_data *wrqu,
> > > char *extra);
> >
> >
> > but of also because ieee80211softmac.h simply does not exist at all in
> > kernel-source.
> > which must be also the explanation of getting various error messages
> > (check with dmesg)
> > So it is not without reason that the README file in bcm43xx states
> > explicitly that you need to compile against
> > SOFTMAC source and not the kernel-source made respective modules!
> >
> > I tried also another combination building the kernel both WITHOUT and
> > WITH the ieee80211 modules
> > and then built the bcm43xx against softmac-snapshot on top!!!. Then I
> > noticed that
> > in the first case (kernel WITHOUT ieee80211 related modules) compiling
> > the bcm43xx module (I repeat against softmac-snapshot!) failed (perhaps
> > due to some incompatibilities of the rest of the kernel stuff???)
> > while in the second case (kernel built WITH ieee80211 related modules)
> > the module did compile eventually
> > because the softmac stuff essentially is "overwritting" kernel's own
> > original ieee80211 stuff!!!!
> > Which means that in that case the ieee80211 modules are just the
> > softmac-snapshot's stuff and not the
> > original kernel's !!!
> >
> > As a conclusion, then, I think that if someone sticks with kernel 2.6.15
> > and the softmac-snapshot source,
> > there would be no problems to encounter anymore!
> >
> > (PS. sorry for the length of the reply, but I felt that I had to share
> > all that!)
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > Emmanuel Galatoulas
>
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