[ath9k-devel] getting/installing ath9k

[ath9k-devel] getting/installing ath9k

[sHittmeyer]

hello

I'm relatively new to the linux-wold / linux-WLAN-world but for my 
diplomathesis I try to run a DWA-547 Draft N card on a Coldfire V4 Board.

So my questions are:

- how do i get the ath9k driver? up to now i just found the ath5k driver 
and on the homepage (wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers) there is a 
dead link on ath9k

- actually I compile a new Kernel-2.6.26.2 for my normal desktop-PC in 
which I want to try out the driver and DWA-547 card first. But in the 
menuconfig of the kernel I couldn't find the menu to enable the Atheros 
802.11n wireless card support. I just found the menu for enabling the 
ath5k support.
So how can i enable it or just get the ath9k driver into my system

- is it generally possible to crosscompile the FOSS ath9k for my 
targetsystem?

thanks a lot for your help
Stefan Hittmeyer

[ath9k-devel] Fwd: getting/installing ath9k

[Kevin Mitchell]

The link, I think you're referring to
(http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k) appears to be
fixed.

ath9k will be debuting in the 2.6.27 kernel. As such it is only
available out of the box in the current release candidate 2.6.27-rc3
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.27-rc3.tar.bz2).
If you're already familiar with compiling your kernel, this is
probably the way to go.

If you're dead set on keeping 2.6.26, you can take a look at the
script posted on ubuntu forums that builds a .deb package for a
version of compat-wireless augmented with ath9k, which allows you to
compile it separately for older kernels. If you aren't using a .deb
based distribution, you can dissect the script to pull out the
compat-wireless augmented by ath9k. I'm not sure why this doesn't
already exist in compat-wireless which is supposedly built "daily".

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=874097

This appears to work for me on 2.6.26. I took a look myself and it
appears that the only changes are to add the ath9k directory (likely
pulled from git) to

drivers/net/wireless/

adding
CONFIG_ATH9K=m
 to the PCI section of config.mk

and adding

obj-$(CONFIG_ATH9K)   += ath9k/

to drivers/net/wireless/Makefile

I tried this myself just out of curiosity with the ath9k from the rc3
kernel on top of a 2.6.26 kernel, but it didn't compile. I didn't
bother pursing it any further since I'm already using the rc3 anyway,
but I might take an other look within the next couple days possibly
posting a less vague failure message here if it is desired by anyone.

Kevin


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM, sHittmeyer <hittmeyer@corscience.de> wrote:
> hello
>
> I'm relatively new to the linux-wold / linux-WLAN-world but for my
> diplomathesis I try to run a DWA-547 Draft N card on a Coldfire V4 Board.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> - how do i get the ath9k driver? up to now i just found the ath5k driver
> and on the homepage (wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers) there is a
> dead link on ath9k
>
> - actually I compile a new Kernel-2.6.26.2 for my normal desktop-PC in
> which I want to try out the driver and DWA-547 card first. But in the
> menuconfig of the kernel I couldn't find the menu to enable the Atheros
> 802.11n wireless card support. I just found the menu for enabling the
> ath5k support.
> So how can i enable it or just get the ath9k driver into my system
>
> - is it generally possible to crosscompile the FOSS ath9k for my
> targetsystem?
>
> thanks a lot for your help
> Stefan Hittmeyer
> _______________________________________________
> ath9k-devel mailing list
> ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org
> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
>

[ath9k-devel] Fwd: getting/installing ath9k

[sHittmeyer]

First I want to Thank Kevin Mitchell,

I used the link to the ubuntuforums an managed to install the Ath9k 
driver with the posted *.sh script. After installing the dkpg and 
rebooting the driver "worked"
The problem with it is the horrible link quality. I connected to a 
Linksys WRT54GT Router. And the package loss rate is about 50%

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
103 packets transmitted, 50 received, 51% packet loss, time 102102ms

So I compiled the kernel-2.6.27-rc3 with the ath9k driver onboard. I 
checked the menuconfig to activate the draft N support. But the link 
quality is even with the 2.6.26-rc3 kernel weak (same lossrate)

Is there probably a problem because the router is just for 802.11bg?

I'm using the DWA-547 Card of D-Link

MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION:
Is it possible to CROSS_COMPILE the Ath9k for Coldfire?

thanks a lot
Stefan Hittmeyer

Kevin Mitchell schrieb:
> The link, I think you're referring to
> (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k) appears to be
> fixed.
>
> ath9k will be debuting in the 2.6.27 kernel. As such it is only
> available out of the box in the current release candidate 2.6.27-rc3
> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.27-rc3.tar.bz2).
> If you're already familiar with compiling your kernel, this is
> probably the way to go.
>
> If you're dead set on keeping 2.6.26, you can take a look at the
> script posted on ubuntu forums that builds a .deb package for a
> version of compat-wireless augmented with ath9k, which allows you to
> compile it separately for older kernels. If you aren't using a .deb
> based distribution, you can dissect the script to pull out the
> compat-wireless augmented by ath9k. I'm not sure why this doesn't
> already exist in compat-wireless which is supposedly built "daily".
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=874097
>
> This appears to work for me on 2.6.26. I took a look myself and it
> appears that the only changes are to add the ath9k directory (likely
> pulled from git) to
>
> drivers/net/wireless/
>
> adding
> CONFIG_ATH9K=m
>  to the PCI section of config.mk
>
> and adding
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_ATH9K)   += ath9k/
>
> to drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
>
> I tried this myself just out of curiosity with the ath9k from the rc3
> kernel on top of a 2.6.26 kernel, but it didn't compile. I didn't
> bother pursing it any further since I'm already using the rc3 anyway,
> but I might take an other look within the next couple days possibly
> posting a less vague failure message here if it is desired by anyone.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM, sHittmeyer <hittmeyer@corscience.de> wrote:
>   
>> hello
>>
>> I'm relatively new to the linux-wold / linux-WLAN-world but for my
>> diplomathesis I try to run a DWA-547 Draft N card on a Coldfire V4 Board.
>>
>> So my questions are:
>>
>> - how do i get the ath9k driver? up to now i just found the ath5k driver
>> and on the homepage (wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers) there is a
>> dead link on ath9k
>>
>> - actually I compile a new Kernel-2.6.26.2 for my normal desktop-PC in
>> which I want to try out the driver and DWA-547 card first. But in the
>> menuconfig of the kernel I couldn't find the menu to enable the Atheros
>> 802.11n wireless card support. I just found the menu for enabling the
>> ath5k support.
>> So how can i enable it or just get the ath9k driver into my system
>>
>> - is it generally possible to crosscompile the FOSS ath9k for my
>> targetsystem?
>>
>> thanks a lot for your help
>> Stefan Hittmeyer
>> _______________________________________________
>> ath9k-devel mailing list
>> ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org
>> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
>>
>>     
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