Return-path: Received: from vilya.visn.co.uk ([193.254.210.161]:32866 "EHLO vilya.visn.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753514AbZA3WEv (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:04:51 -0500 Message-ID: <35757.91.85.186.216.1233353086.squirrel@www.phantomjinx.co.uk> (sfid-20090130_230456_249829_442BAAEC) In-Reply-To: <3ace41890901301117na1a81e8g90b25d6e8ff469ae@mail.gmail.com> References: <33918.62.172.74.16.1233233185.squirrel@www.phantomjinx.co.uk> <3ace41890901290952o6412c8dco660a36ffc2fcf485@mail.gmail.com> <41405.91.85.186.216.1233323986.squirrel@www.phantomjinx.co.uk> <3ace41890901301117na1a81e8g90b25d6e8ff469ae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:04:46 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: rtl8187 wireless issues From: "P.G. Richardson" To: "Hin-Tak Leung" Cc: "P.G. Richardson" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: ok, Actually dmesg reports the same as you phy0: hwaddr f729a040, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2 usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 NetworkManager advice taken with thanks. > > That's wierd - are you sure? Compat-wireless is supposed to put the > whole lot (about 50MB of kernel modules, nearly 50 of them) into > updates, although only about 4-5 kernel modules are used for rtl8187b= =2E > After running make uninstall and make install a few times, this is the structure of files I end with in /lib/modules/`uname -r`. updates updates/net updates/net/mac80211 updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko updates/net/wireless updates/net/wireless/ifcfg80211.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_ccmp.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_wep.ko updates/drivers updates/drivers/net updates/drivers/net/b44.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless updates/drivers/net/usb updates/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.ko updates/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.ko updates/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.ko updates/drivers/misc updates/drivers/misc/eeprom updates/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko updates/drivers/ssb updates/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko I manually added in to complete it: updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.ko I am not that familiar with kernel makefiles but it would seem that the drivers/net/wireless line below is not recursive: obj-y :=3D net/wireless/ net/mac80211/ ifeq ($(ONLY_CORE),) obj-$(CONFIG_B44) +=3D drivers/net/b44.o obj-y +=3D drivers/ssb/ \ drivers/misc/eeprom/ \ drivers/net/usb/ \ drivers/net/wireless/ endif Anyway, its only a minor thing. Cheers PGR --=20 Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct t= hem how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for th= e sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdu= ed, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil. [The Laws, Plato] You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity=85 Have you ever considered a career in the church? Bishop of Bath and Wells (Blackadder II) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html