compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

[Renato]

Hi,

I have and old Linux system built from scratch based on kernel 2.6.24
and I need to add support on it for an Atheros ethernet card that
doesnt have driver for kernel 2.6.24.

Unfortunately we can't update the kernel because my client has a
control hardware that only have binary e propertery driver for 2.6.24.

Because of that, I'm trying to use compat-drivers to do that.

What I did so far was:

Downloaded compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu and extraceted it.
Compiled it using:

./scripts/driver-select alx
make
make install

After rebooting, I loaded the compat driver with:

modprobe compat

I can see the following on dmesg:

Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.8.3-2-snpu
Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.8.3
compat.git: linux-stable.git

Nothing more. And no eth yet.

What I am missing?

Thanks

Re: compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

[Arend van Spriel]

On 10/31/14 19:40, Renato wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have and old Linux system built from scratch based on kernel 2.6.24
> and I need to add support on it for an Atheros ethernet card that
> doesnt have driver for kernel 2.6.24.
>
> Unfortunately we can't update the kernel because my client has a
> control hardware that only have binary e propertery driver for 2.6.24.
>
> Because of that, I'm trying to use compat-drivers to do that.
>
> What I did so far was:
>
> Downloaded compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu and extraceted it.
> Compiled it using:
>
> ./scripts/driver-select alx
> make
> make install
>
> After rebooting, I loaded the compat driver with:
>
> modprobe compat
>
> I can see the following on dmesg:
>
> Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.8.3-2-snpu
> Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.8.3
> compat.git: linux-stable.git
>
> Nothing more. And no eth yet.
>
> What I am missing?

After loading compat you have the glue layer in place to load the actual 
3.8.3 drivers on 2.6.24. So your next step would be to modprobe the alx 
driver or whatever it is called.

Regards,
Arend
> Thanks
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Re: compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

[Arend van Spriel]

+ backport list

Please keep the list in the loop.

On 10/31/14 20:08, Renato wrote:
> Arend,
>
> After doing a make install, only compat.ko and
> compat_firmware_class.ko was generated.
>
> I thought it was an unified driver and because of that no alx.ko was needed.
>
> Searching on source tree for "alx*", only the source code was found on
> ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx (no kernel module).
>
> Before making, I've called the script driver-select with alx as parameter.
>
> Do you hane any ideia why the alx.ko module was not build them?

It has been a while since I used the "old" compat-drivers stuff. I guess 
you need to for 2.6.24 support. You should check 
drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Makefile.

Gr. AvS

> Thanks
>
> 2014-10-31 17:03 GMT-02:00 Arend van Spriel<arend@broadcom.com>:
>> On 10/31/14 19:40, Renato wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have and old Linux system built from scratch based on kernel 2.6.24
>>> and I need to add support on it for an Atheros ethernet card that
>>> doesnt have driver for kernel 2.6.24.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately we can't update the kernel because my client has a
>>> control hardware that only have binary e propertery driver for 2.6.24.
>>>
>>> Because of that, I'm trying to use compat-drivers to do that.
>>>
>>> What I did so far was:
>>>
>>> Downloaded compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu and extraceted it.
>>> Compiled it using:
>>>
>>> ./scripts/driver-select alx
>>> make
>>> make install
>>>
>>> After rebooting, I loaded the compat driver with:
>>>
>>> modprobe compat
>>>
>>> I can see the following on dmesg:
>>>
>>> Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.8.3-2-snpu
>>> Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.8.3
>>> compat.git: linux-stable.git
>>>
>>> Nothing more. And no eth yet.
>>>
>>> What I am missing?
>>
>>
>> After loading compat you have the glue layer in place to load the actual
>> 3.8.3 drivers on 2.6.24. So your next step would be to modprobe the alx
>> driver or whatever it is called.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arend
>>>
>>> Thanks
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>>
>>

Re: compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

[Renato]

Hi,

I checked the Makefile and found that it was not getting called.

Looking at ./include/linux/compat_autoconf.h I found the following:

#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,28))
#ifndef CONFIG_ATL1C
#define CONFIG_ATL1C 1
#endif /* CONFIG_ATL1C */
#ifndef CONFIG_ALX
#define CONFIG_ALX 1
#endif /* CONFIG_ALX */
#ifndef CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO
#define CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO 1
#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO */
#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT_KERNEL_2_6_28 */

Does it means that ALX driver is only supported with kernel 2.6.28 or higher?

Thanks

Renato



2014-10-31 17:26 GMT-02:00 Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>:
> + backport list
>
> Please keep the list in the loop.
>
> On 10/31/14 20:08, Renato wrote:
>>
>> Arend,
>>
>> After doing a make install, only compat.ko and
>> compat_firmware_class.ko was generated.
>>
>> I thought it was an unified driver and because of that no alx.ko was
>> needed.
>>
>> Searching on source tree for "alx*", only the source code was found on
>> ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx (no kernel module).
>>
>> Before making, I've called the script driver-select with alx as parameter.
>>
>> Do you hane any ideia why the alx.ko module was not build them?
>
>
> It has been a while since I used the "old" compat-drivers stuff. I guess you
> need to for 2.6.24 support. You should check
> drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Makefile.
>
> Gr. AvS
>
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> 2014-10-31 17:03 GMT-02:00 Arend van Spriel<arend@broadcom.com>:
>>>
>>> On 10/31/14 19:40, Renato wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have and old Linux system built from scratch based on kernel 2.6.24
>>>> and I need to add support on it for an Atheros ethernet card that
>>>> doesnt have driver for kernel 2.6.24.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately we can't update the kernel because my client has a
>>>> control hardware that only have binary e propertery driver for 2.6.24.
>>>>
>>>> Because of that, I'm trying to use compat-drivers to do that.
>>>>
>>>> What I did so far was:
>>>>
>>>> Downloaded compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu and extraceted it.
>>>> Compiled it using:
>>>>
>>>> ./scripts/driver-select alx
>>>> make
>>>> make install
>>>>
>>>> After rebooting, I loaded the compat driver with:
>>>>
>>>> modprobe compat
>>>>
>>>> I can see the following on dmesg:
>>>>
>>>> Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.8.3-2-snpu
>>>> Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.8.3
>>>> compat.git: linux-stable.git
>>>>
>>>> Nothing more. And no eth yet.
>>>>
>>>> What I am missing?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> After loading compat you have the glue layer in place to load the actual
>>> 3.8.3 drivers on 2.6.24. So your next step would be to modprobe the alx
>>> driver or whatever it is called.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Arend
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>

Re: compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu with kernel 2.6.24

[Arend van Spriel]

On 11/03/14 13:21, Renato wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I checked the Makefile and found that it was not getting called.
>
> Looking at ./include/linux/compat_autoconf.h I found the following:
>
> #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE>= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,28))
> #ifndef CONFIG_ATL1C
> #define CONFIG_ATL1C 1
> #endif /* CONFIG_ATL1C */
> #ifndef CONFIG_ALX
> #define CONFIG_ALX 1
> #endif /* CONFIG_ALX */
> #ifndef CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO
> #define CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO 1
> #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT_MDIO */
> #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT_KERNEL_2_6_28 */
>
> Does it means that ALX driver is only supported with kernel 2.6.28 or higher?

It seems. There is likely a good reason for that. Not sure if the compat 
git repos are still somewhere to find the reason. You can look on github 
for mcgrof repos [1].

Regards,
Arend

[1] https://github.com/mcgrof

> Thanks
>
> Renato
>
>
>
> 2014-10-31 17:26 GMT-02:00 Arend van Spriel<arend@broadcom.com>:
>> + backport list
>>
>> Please keep the list in the loop.
>>
>> On 10/31/14 20:08, Renato wrote:
>>>
>>> Arend,
>>>
>>> After doing a make install, only compat.ko and
>>> compat_firmware_class.ko was generated.
>>>
>>> I thought it was an unified driver and because of that no alx.ko was
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> Searching on source tree for "alx*", only the source code was found on
>>> ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx (no kernel module).
>>>
>>> Before making, I've called the script driver-select with alx as parameter.
>>>
>>> Do you hane any ideia why the alx.ko module was not build them?
>>
>>
>> It has been a while since I used the "old" compat-drivers stuff. I guess you
>> need to for 2.6.24 support. You should check
>> drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Makefile.
>>
>> Gr. AvS
>>
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> 2014-10-31 17:03 GMT-02:00 Arend van Spriel<arend@broadcom.com>:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/31/14 19:40, Renato wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have and old Linux system built from scratch based on kernel 2.6.24
>>>>> and I need to add support on it for an Atheros ethernet card that
>>>>> doesnt have driver for kernel 2.6.24.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately we can't update the kernel because my client has a
>>>>> control hardware that only have binary e propertery driver for 2.6.24.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of that, I'm trying to use compat-drivers to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I did so far was:
>>>>>
>>>>> Downloaded compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu and extraceted it.
>>>>> Compiled it using:
>>>>>
>>>>> ./scripts/driver-select alx
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install
>>>>>
>>>>> After rebooting, I loaded the compat driver with:
>>>>>
>>>>> modprobe compat
>>>>>
>>>>> I can see the following on dmesg:
>>>>>
>>>>> Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.8.3-2-snpu
>>>>> Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.8.3
>>>>> compat.git: linux-stable.git
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing more. And no eth yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I am missing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After loading compat you have the glue layer in place to load the actual
>>>> 3.8.3 drivers on 2.6.24. So your next step would be to modprobe the alx
>>>> driver or whatever it is called.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Arend
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> --
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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