Re: trouble getting my wireless stuff to work
--- tom arnall <kloro@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Looks like whether or not there's a working Linux
> > driver for your wireless card depends on the
> hardware
> > revision of your particular card. For your card
> there
> > appear to be 3 revisions and only 1 (C1) is
> reported
> > to have a working native Linux driver. Check out
> this
> > link to help you figure out which revision you
> have:
> > http://support.dlink.com/products/DWLG650.asp
> >
> > If you are lucky and have the C1 revision, use the
> > MadWiFi Linux driver. If not, try the Prism or
> Madwifi
> > drivers and if you can't get them to work, fall
> back
> > to the ndiswrapper approach -- but if at all
> possible
> > use a native Linux driver.
> >
> > Once you've figured out if you have the C1
> revision or
> > not, post back here if you need help with getting
> the
> > driver included in the kernel and other setup, or
> if
> > you need help with ndiswrapper.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Mark
>
>
> indeed, i could use some help setting up the madwifi
> driver. specifically, in
> the error output from the compiler:
OK let me look into this and get back to you.
Mark
>
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386'
> CC [M]
> /home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal/ah_osdep.o
> In file included from include/asm/thread_info.h:16,
> from
> include/linux/thread_info.h:21,
> from include/linux/spinlock.h:12,
> from
> include/linux/capability.h:45,
> from include/linux/sched.h:7,
> from include/linux/module.h:10,
> from
> /home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal/ah_osdep.c:46:
> include/asm/processor.h:93: error: array type has
> incomplete element type
> make[3]: ***
> [/home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal/ah_osdep.o]
> Error 1
> make[2]: ***
> [_module_/home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal] Error
> 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal'
> make: *** [modules] Error 1
>
> the line 'include/asm/processor.h:93: error: array
> type has incomplete element
> type' refers to the following bit of code in
> 'processor.h':
>
> extern struct tss_struct init_tss[NR_CPUS];
>
> i did further research which seems to indicate that
> version 4 of the gcc
> compiler doesn't like declarations of the form:
>
> extern struct foobar array[];
>
> but wants to see instead the form:
>
> extern struct foobar *array;
>
> but i don't know enough about gcc to determine if
> indeed this kind of problem
> is the problem with the declaration in
> 'processor.h'. and if it is, how does
> the principle apply to the declaration in
> 'processor.h'? i.e., wtf do i need
> to change in the header file? further, i cannot find
> on the internet anything
> like a comprehensive list of gcc error messages.
>
> thanks in advance for your ideas,
>
> tom arnall
> north spit, ca
>
>
>
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