Return-path: Received: from dike.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.36]:49638 "EHLO dike.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765201AbXHIL3k (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 07:29:40 -0400 Received: from hoboe2bl1.telenet-ops.be (hoboe2bl1.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.73]) by dike.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782EE4F87AD for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:27:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46BADDF1.9080604@telenet.be> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:27:13 +0200 From: ian MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Deucher Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Marvell pci wifi chips References: <20070807173431.GC3330@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: it appears to be using files from the madwifi project. ian Alex Deucher wrote: > On 8/8/07, Alex Deucher wrote: >> On 8/7/07, John W. Linville wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 12:21:02PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: >>>> Is anyone working on a driver for the marvell pci libertas chips >>>> (8335, 8300, 8310, etc.) or know of someone who is? I've got several >>>> of these cards not doing anything at the moment if someone is >>>> interested in one. It seems there are several drivers floating >>>> around: >>>> >>>> - mrv8k driver (http://www.saillard.org/linux/mrv8k/) >>>> - openbsd malo driver (http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo) >>>> - marvell GPL driver (http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/marvell.tar.bz2) >>>> >>>> Reading through the linux-wireless archive, several people seemed to >>>> indicate there was work going on, but I have not been able to find any >>>> information on that other than Holger's CF libertas integration. I >>>> and others have asked before, but there seems to be some confusion as >>>> to the whole libertas line and their relative compatibility. Just >>>> curious. >>> I think I saw discussion lately to the effect that the PCI devices are >>> not currently supported, and that they likely could be supported by >>> simply implementing a PCI front-end to the core of the libertas code. >>> I think Holger is the person most likely to know for sure. >>> >>> I've got cards like that too -- would love for you to get them >>> working... :-) >> Has anyone tested the marvell driver >> (http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/marvell.tar.bz2)? Does it >> work? > > I attempted to build the driver on 2.6.22, but I got the following > errors. Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with the net80211 stuff. > Anyone got any ideas? > > CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.o > In file included from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:42, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.h:42, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.c:26: > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_descriptors.h:72: > warning: 'packed' attribute ignored > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_descriptors.h:90: > warning: 'packed' attribute ignored > In file included from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:43, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.h:42, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.c:26: > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_wlanext.h:37:26: error: > if_ethersubr.h: No such file or directory > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_wlanext.h:38:22: error: > if_media.h: No such file or directory > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_wlanext.h:39:20: error: > if_llc.h: No such file or directory > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_wlanext.h:40:27: error: > ieee80211_var.h: No such file or directory > In file included from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.h:42, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.c:26: > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:44:29: error: > ieee80211_proto.h: No such file or directory > In file included from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.h:42, > from drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.c:26: > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:125: error: > field 'beaconOffsets' has incomplete type > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:129: error: > field 'node' has incomplete type > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:200: warning: > 'enum ieee80211_state' declared inside parameter list > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:200: warning: > its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably > not what you want > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:200: warning: > 'struct ieee80211com' declared inside parameter list > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:201: warning: > 'struct ieee80211com' declared inside parameter list > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:204: warning: > 'struct ieee80211com' declared inside parameter list > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:208: warning: > 'struct ieee80211com' declared inside parameter list > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:231: error: > field 'curr80211com' has incomplete type > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:232: error: > field 'initialOpmode' has incomplete type > drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_main.h:233: error: > field 'currChannel' has incomplete type > make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap/driver/mwl_debug.o] Error 1 > make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/marvell_softap] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2 > make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > > Thanks, > > Alex > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >