Compilation ath10k

Compilation ath10k

[Vu Hai NGUYEN]

Hello guys,
I'm new to the driver ath10k. Is there any way to compile only the driver ath10k in the directory /ath / drivers / net / wireless / ath / ath10k ?
I was able to compile all the project by the command "make menuconfig" in the directory /ath but it appears a menu of  configuration only. So I have to 
config that menu in other to compile the driver ath10k? or I can compile separately the driver?
Thanks in advance for your response.

NGUYEN Vu Hai
Acita-Sodielec 
Route de Mayres - B.P. 9
12100 St GEORGES DE LUZENCON
FRANCE 

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Re: Compilation ath10k

[Kalle Valo]

Hi,

Vu Hai NGUYEN <vh.nguyen@actiasodielec.fr> writes:

> I'm new to the driver ath10k. Is there any way to compile only the
> driver ath10k in the directory /ath / drivers / net / wireless / ath /
> ath10k ? I was able to compile all the project by the command "make
> menuconfig" in the directory /ath but it appears a menu of
> configuration only. So I have to config that menu in other to compile
> the driver ath10k? or I can compile separately the driver?

I think this is a case of an XY problem. It's easier to help when you
describe the actual problem instead of the solution which you think will
help.

http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem

I'm guessing that your problem is that you want to run latest ath10k on
an older kernel like 3.5. For that backports is the best solution:

https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page

If I guessed wrong, please describe why you want to compile the driver
separately.

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RE : Compilation ath10k

[Vu Hai NGUYEN]

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Thak you Valo for your response,  i'm doing an internship and my mission is replacing 
the module wifi WLE350NX (used chipset of Atheros and satisfied the standard 802.11n) by the new one
WLE900VX to satisfy the standard 802.11ac for a router. Our actual driver is bought from Atheros (Driver Aquila)
and i have to replace that driver by ath10k. I tried to compile it from the menuconfig of our code but it has many errors (you can see from the attached file).
Then I try to compile in backport as you said, I was on the step 8 (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k/backports) and get this error but I don't really understand it:
/--------------
| You shouldn't run make in the backports tree, but only in
| the generated output. This here is only the skeleton code
| copied into the output directory. To use the backport system
| from scratch, go into the top-level directory and run
|	./gentree.py /path/to/linux-next/ /tmp/output
| and then make menuconfig/... in the output directory. See
|	./gentree.py --help
| for more options.
\--
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 1
make: *** [default] Error 

NGUYEN Vu Hai
Acita-Sodielec
Route de Mayres - B.P. 9
12100 St GEORGES DE LUZENCON
FRANCE

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De : Kalle Valo [kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com]
Date d'envoi : jeudi 20 mars 2014 06:54
À : Vu Hai NGUYEN
Cc : ath10k
Objet : Re: Compilation ath10k

Hi,

Vu Hai NGUYEN <vh.nguyen@actiasodielec.fr> writes:

> I'm new to the driver ath10k. Is there any way to compile only the
> driver ath10k in the directory /ath / drivers / net / wireless / ath /
> ath10k ? I was able to compile all the project by the command "make
> menuconfig" in the directory /ath but it appears a menu of
> configuration only. So I have to config that menu in other to compile
> the driver ath10k? or I can compile separately the driver?

I think this is a case of an XY problem. It's easier to help when you
describe the actual problem instead of the solution which you think will
help.

http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem

I'm guessing that your problem is that you want to run latest ath10k on
an older kernel like 3.5. For that backports is the best solution:

https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page

If I guessed wrong, please describe why you want to compile the driver
separately.

--
Kalle Valo

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Re: RE : Compilation ath10k

[Kalle Valo]

Vu Hai NGUYEN <vh.nguyen@actiasodielec.fr> writes:

> Thak you Valo for your response,  i'm doing an internship and my mission is replacing 
> the module wifi WLE350NX (used chipset of Atheros and satisfied the standard 802.11n) by the new one
> WLE900VX to satisfy the standard 802.11ac for a router. Our actual driver is bought from Atheros (Driver Aquila)
> and i have to replace that driver by ath10k. I tried to compile it from the menuconfig of our code but it has many errors (you can see from the attached file).
> Then I try to compile in backport as you said, I was on the step 8 (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k/backports) and get this error but I don't really understand it:
> /--------------
> | You shouldn't run make in the backports tree, but only in
> | the generated output. This here is only the skeleton code
> | copied into the output directory. To use the backport system
> | from scratch, go into the top-level directory and run
> |	./gentree.py /path/to/linux-next/ /tmp/output
> | and then make menuconfig/... in the output directory. See
> |	./gentree.py --help
> | for more options.
> \--
> make[1]: *** [modules] Error 1
> make: *** [default] Error 

Normal users should not run gentree.py, instead it's recommended to take
official backports releases. I noticed that the wiki page was a bit
confusing and I tried to improve it a bit:

Here are simple instructions how to install ath10k from a backports release:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Download latest backports release and unpack it.
Run defconfig for ath10k:
make defconfig-ath10k
Compile backports:
make
Install backports:
sudo make install
Reboot system and ath10k should load automatically.
See backports documentation for more info.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k/backports#ath10k_backports_releases

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