Hello.
Can someone tell me how to compile the carl9170 module
WITHOUT compiling a complete kernel. I just purchased a TP-Link WN821N
based on the capabilities of this driver, but am disappointed that I
currently don't have the module.
I am familiar with the
compat-wireless packages as I have needed to compile the ath9k_htc
driver for my other adapter (TP-Link WN721N), but the carl driver does
not seem to be available in that package.
Can anyone help??
Thanks in advance.
(Sorry about the first post without a subject)
Dale Turner
Actually, the carl9170 driver has been included in compat-wireless,
but the compilation of compat-wireless fails since then (latest
successful baking was sept. 12th). I hope this will be fixed soon.
Having the same adapter as you, I'm also following the situation daily :)
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Dale Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> Can someone tell me how to compile the carl9170 module
> WITHOUT compiling a complete kernel. I just purchased a TP-Link WN821N
> based on the capabilities of this driver, but am disappointed that I
> currently don't have the module.
>
> I am familiar with the
> compat-wireless packages as I have needed to compile the ath9k_htc
> driver for my other adapter (TP-Link WN721N), but the carl driver does
> not seem to be available in that package.
>
> Can anyone help??
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> (Sorry about the first post without a subject)
>
> Dale Turner
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?--
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What kind of APs are you connecting to that n is working well with? I have
heard that n doesn't work well in general.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe Chapuis" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: Compiling carl9170
> Just for information, I managed to retrieve and compile
> compat-wireless from sept. 20th. I fixed manually the little typo in
> wmi.c, and then everything went well. I selected the driver "ath",
> resulting in all the "ath" drivers to be compiled, including carl9170.
>
> I'm now using this driver, with his firmware, with great success. It
> uses 802.11n, seems quite stable, keeps my wifi connection alive.
>
> Bravo !
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Christophe Chapuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Actually, the carl9170 driver has been included in compat-wireless,
>> but the compilation of compat-wireless fails since then (latest
>> successful baking was sept. 12th). I hope this will be fixed soon.
>> Having the same adapter as you, I'm also following the situation daily :)
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Dale Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how to compile the carl9170 module
>>> WITHOUT compiling a complete kernel. I just purchased a TP-Link WN821N
>>> based on the capabilities of this driver, but am disappointed that I
>>> currently don't have the module.
>>>
>>> I am familiar with the
>>> compat-wireless packages as I have needed to compile the ath9k_htc
>>> driver for my other adapter (TP-Link WN721N), but the carl driver does
>>> not seem to be available in that package.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help??
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> (Sorry about the first post without a subject)
>>>
>>> Dale Turner
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Walter Goldens
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes, distributions should pick carl9170 over ar9170 though
>> as ar9170
>> will be removed from the kernel after a good kernel try out
>> of it.
>>
>> Luis
>
> Sounds logical. Shouldn't ar9170 be disabled by default via config.mk
> in compat-wireless to prevent collision with carl9170 before its completely removed?
Sure.
Luis
> Yes, distributions should pick carl9170 over ar9170 though
> as ar9170
> will be removed from the kernel after a good kernel try out
> of it.
>
> ? Luis
Sounds logical. Shouldn't ar9170 be disabled by default via config.mk in compat-wireless to prevent collision with carl9170 before its completely removed?
Walt.
I don't have atheros cards and this might be idiotic question, but won't ar9170 and carl9170 collide, since they cover the same VIDs ?
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170#available_devices
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#available_devices
Walt.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Walter Goldens
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have atheros cards and this might be idiotic question, but won't ar9170 and carl9170 collide, since they cover the same VIDs ?
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170#available_devices
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#available_devices
Yes, distributions should pick carl9170 over ar9170 though as ar9170
will be removed from the kernel after a good kernel try out of it.
Luis
Just for information, I managed to retrieve and compile
compat-wireless from sept. 20th. I fixed manually the little typo in
wmi.c, and then everything went well. I selected the driver "ath",
resulting in all the "ath" drivers to be compiled, including carl9170.
I'm now using this driver, with his firmware, with great success. It
uses 802.11n, seems quite stable, keeps my wifi connection alive.
Bravo !
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Christophe Chapuis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, the carl9170 driver has been included in compat-wireless,
> but the compilation of compat-wireless fails since then (latest
> successful baking was sept. 12th). I hope this will be fixed soon.
> Having the same adapter as you, I'm also following the situation daily :)
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Dale Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to compile the carl9170 module
>> WITHOUT compiling a complete kernel. I just purchased a TP-Link WN821N
>> based on the capabilities of this driver, but am disappointed that I
>> currently don't have the module.
>>
>> I am familiar with the
>> compat-wireless packages as I have needed to compile the ath9k_htc
>> driver for my other adapter (TP-Link WN721N), but the carl driver does
>> not seem to be available in that package.
>>
>> Can anyone help??
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> (Sorry about the first post without a subject)
>>
>> Dale Turner
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?--
>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
>> the body of a message to [email protected]
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>