Hello,
I use latest Mandriva distribution 2009.1 with kernel
2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb. I have rt2561 wifi card in my PC. I would like to
switch my wifi card to AP or Ad-hoc mode. My distribution's rt61pci
module doesn't support these modes. So I have downloaded
compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2
<http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2>.
I ran:
make
make install
make unload
Everything fine. But then "modprobe rt61pci" loaded my distribution's
rt61pci module and not the compiled one. Distribution's one is in folder:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11279 2009-04-21 01:13
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
Compiled one is in folder:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123843 2009-05-16 23:21
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
But after I type "modprobe rt61pci", then:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# modinfo rt61pci
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
license: GPL
firmware: rt2661.bin
firmware: rt2561s.bin
firmware: rt2561.bin
description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.2.3
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: E8C0D3A4B7F36984638CEDF
alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6,crc-itu-t
vermagic: 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
So you can see that Distribution's module (in kernel folder) was loaded.
I think root cause of problem is that run of command: "depmod -ae" finds
first rt61pci in kernel's folder and then next instance in updates
folder is not considered. If I look at output of depmod command:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# grep -i rt61pci
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/modules.dep
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz:
kernel/lib/crc-itu-t.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz
kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.gz kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko.gz
kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko.gz
So you may see that rt61pci in
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/
folder is not considered.
Please, how can I workaround this? Or what do I wrong? One solution can
be to install all compat-wireless modules into kernel folder instead of
updates folder. But then distribution's ones will be overwritten and
un-installation will be impossible.
Thanks.
Michal
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:50 AM, trencan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use latest Mandriva distribution 2009.1 with kernel 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb.
> I have rt2561 wifi card in my PC. I would like to switch my wifi card to AP
> or Ad-hoc mode. My distribution's rt61pci module doesn't support these
> modes. So I have downloaded compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2
> <http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2>.
>
> I ran:
> make
> make install
> make unload
>
> Everything fine. But then "modprobe rt61pci" loaded my distribution's
> rt61pci module and not the compiled one. Distribution's one is in folder:
>
> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11279 2009-04-21 01:13
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>
> Compiled one is in folder:
> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123843 2009-05-16 23:21
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>
>
> But after I type "modprobe rt61pci", then:
> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# modinfo rt61pci
> filename:
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
> license: GPL
> firmware: rt2661.bin
> firmware: rt2561s.bin
> firmware: rt2561.bin
> description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
> version: 2.2.3
> author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
> srcversion: E8C0D3A4B7F36984638CEDF
> alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6,crc-itu-t
> vermagic: 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb SMP mod_unload modversions 686
> parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
>
>
> So you can see that Distribution's module (in kernel folder) was loaded. I
> think root cause of problem is that run of command: "depmod -ae" finds first
> rt61pci in kernel's folder and then next instance in updates folder is not
> considered. If I look at output of depmod command:
>
> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# grep -i rt61pci
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/modules.dep
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz: kernel/lib/crc-itu-t.ko.gz
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz
> kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.gz kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko.gz
> kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz
> kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko.gz
>
> So you may see that rt61pci in
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/
> folder is not considered.
>
> Please, how can I workaround this? Or what do I wrong? One solution can be
> to install all compat-wireless modules into kernel folder instead of updates
> folder. But then distribution's ones will be overwritten and un-installation
> will be impossible.
Mandriva may not look for updates/ dir by default. For Ubuntu I still
see this respected.
For example on ubuntu I see:
mcgrof@tesla $ cat /etc/depmod.d/ubuntu.conf
search updates ubuntu built-in
Can you check your /etc/depmod.d/ directory or /etc/depmod.conf file?
Luis
Hello,
I used "search updates" in depmod.d and it works, perfect.
Thanks.
______________________________________________________________
> Od: [email protected]
> Komu: trencan <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected], Felix Bitterli <[email protected]>
> Datum: 17.05.2009 23:27
> Předmět: Re: rt2x00 - wireless compat - can not load compiled rt61pci
>
>On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:50 AM, trencan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use latest Mandriva distribution 2009.1 with kernel 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb.
>> I have rt2561 wifi card in my PC. I would like to switch my wifi card to AP
>> or Ad-hoc mode. My distribution's rt61pci module doesn't support these
>> modes. So I have downloaded compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2
>> <http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2>.
>>
>> I ran:
>> make
>> make install
>> make unload
>>
>> Everything fine. But then "modprobe rt61pci" loaded my distribution's
>> rt61pci module and not the compiled one. Distribution's one is in folder:
>>
>> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11279 2009-04-21 01:13
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>>
>> Compiled one is in folder:
>> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123843 2009-05-16 23:21
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>>
>>
>> But after I type "modprobe rt61pci", then:
>> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# modinfo rt61pci
>> filename:
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
>> license: GPL
>> firmware: rt2661.bin
>> firmware: rt2561s.bin
>> firmware: rt2561.bin
>> description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
>> version: 2.2.3
>> author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
>> srcversion: E8C0D3A4B7F36984638CEDF
>> alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6,crc-itu-t
>> vermagic: 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb SMP mod_unload modversions 686
>> parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
>>
>>
>> So you can see that Distribution's module (in kernel folder) was loaded. I
>> think root cause of problem is that run of command: "depmod -ae" finds first
>> rt61pci in kernel's folder and then next instance in updates folder is not
>> considered. If I look at output of depmod command:
>>
>> [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# grep -i rt61pci
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/modules.dep
>> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz: kernel/lib/crc-itu-t.ko.gz
>> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz
>> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz
>> kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.gz kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko.gz
>> kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz
>> kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko.gz
>>
>> So you may see that rt61pci in
>> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/
>> folder is not considered.
>>
>> Please, how can I workaround this? Or what do I wrong? One solution can be
>> to install all compat-wireless modules into kernel folder instead of updates
>> folder. But then distribution's ones will be overwritten and un-installation
>> will be impossible.
>
>Mandriva may not look for updates/ dir by default. For Ubuntu I still
>see this respected.
>
>For example on ubuntu I see:
>
>mcgrof@tesla $ cat /etc/depmod.d/ubuntu.conf
>search updates ubuntu built-in
>
>Can you check your /etc/depmod.d/ directory or /etc/depmod.conf file?
>
> Luis
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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:07 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I used "search updates" in depmod.d and it works, perfect.
You want to also add the "built-in" anyway delete that file and try
todays' compat-wireless, I added a quick script to check for this and
it adds a file for you if it doesn't detect updates/ as a preference.
So
rm -rf updates/
sudo depmod -ae
modprobe -l mac80211
to check that you are seeing the old mac80211, then install the new
stuff and ensure it does it all automatically for you now.
v2.6.30-rc6-23952-g30cf869
wireless-testing latest tag:
master-2009-05-18
This is compat-release:
master-2009-05-18-1-gf28a634
Luis