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

[Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>]

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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