Re: Fwd: Kernel 3.6.0 works, newer doesn't

[Pat Erley <pat-lkml@erley.org>]

On 02/13/2015 09:58 PM, Tim-Hinnerk Heuer wrote:
> Hi can someone here help with this issue, please? I'm willing to give
> more info if necessary or help out otherwise. I am a programmer but
> haven't done much with Linux drivers yet.
>

First key is probably defining 'not working'.  Second key is likely to
be a dmesg output of it 'not working'.  Third detail that is likely to
help is what distribution you're running and how how you're attempting
to manage the wifi device(networkmanager/wicd/etc).

>
> Hi there,
>
> Sorry, I'm new to this list, so excuse my newbie question.
>
> I have Linux 3.6.0-030600-generic #201209302035 SMP Mon Oct 1 00:36:01
> UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux installed and it works great.
> My WLAN driver works with this version, but not with any newer version
> of the kernel. Am I right that backports can help me with that?
>
> Can I somehow upgrade to a newer version of the kernel and keep my
> WIFI USB driver and maybe even upgrade to newer kernels? Or even
> better, does someone here have the capacity to fix the problem in
> newer kernels?
>
> My Wifi USB Card is the
> Asus USB N13
>
> ```
> lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:1784 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13
> 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. A1) [Ralink RT3072]
>
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>
> sudo lsmod|grep rt
> xt_addrtype            12713  2
> x_tables               29846  6
> ip_tables,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_conntrack,iptable_filter,xt_addrtype,iptable_nat
> rt2800usb              26998  0
> rt2x00usb              20762  1 rt2800usb
> rt2800lib              63557  1 rt2800usb
> rt2x00lib              55527  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
> mac80211              564631  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
> cfg80211              212917  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
> crc_ccitt              12667  1 rt2800lib
> parport_pc             32866  0
> parport                46562  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
> ```
>
> Running Ubuntu 14.04.
>
> Thanks for your patience.
> Tim
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> Date: 14 February 2015 at 04:19
> Subject: Re: Kernel 3.6.0 works, newer doesn't
> To: Tim-Hinnerk Heuer <tim@heuer.nz>
> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:20:33PM +1300, Tim-Hinnerk Heuer wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Sorry, I'm new to this list, so excuse my newbie question.
>>
>> I have Linux 3.6.0-030600-generic #201209302035 SMP Mon Oct 1 00:36:01
>> UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux installed and it works great.
>> My WLAN driver works with this version, but not with any newer version
>> of the kernel. Am I right that backports can help me with that?
>
> I suggest working with the driver authors of that driver to fix it to
> work with the latest kernel version.  It is merged into the main
> kernel.org repo, right?  Which one is it?
>
> The networking mailing list should be able to help you out the best, try
> sending this to the linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>
> hope this helps,
>
> greg k-h
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