Return-path: Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:45699 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754575Ab0JQISD (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:18:03 -0400 Message-ID: <4CBABB84.1090100@gmx.net> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:01:56 +0200 From: George MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Compat-wireless N900 References: <4CB6BE57.8010401@gmx.net> <1287071844.11341.5.camel@gnutoo-laptop> <4CB74759.3030807@gmx.net> <4CB7F7C7.7030804@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 15/10/2010 20:01, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:42 PM, George wrote: >> On 14/10/2010 20:03, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, George wrote: >>> >>>> I have tried using even insmod and the modules load perfectly but the >>>> wlan >>>> device doesn't show up. >>> >>> Then that likely means you are not loading the right module. >>> >>>> In dmesg nothing is displayed except for the cfg80211 and when I rmmod >>>> the >>>> module wl1251 (wl1251: removed or similar) >>>> >>>> I'm still wondering what the hell I have to do. >>> >>> Are you sure you have the right module? >> >> Yes. The driver is the wl1251 family. As I said in previous posts and from >> what some guys in the IRC channel tried to guess, it seems that the problem >> might be in that the spi interface is specific for any device, and in the >> n900 might be different from the one implemented in compat-wireless. > > Heh, nope. > >> I'm a bit suprised about this fact, but they know more than I. > > Or, we had not yet accommodated yet for the fact that the wl1251 > driver was split out into its own directory from the original wl12xx/ > directory and no one ever sent a patch to fix this on compat-wireless. > I just fixed this on today's compat-wireless, so you can try that > around noon PST time when the new tarball will be generated. Ah but > there are some pcmcia crap compile issues, we just have to remove > pcmcia support, well not now, I have other stuff to do. Thanks for that. Tomorrow at work I will try to test it out and get back to you if something happens ;) > I welcome patches if someone gets to it. I'm sorry but my knowdledge of the system is from a higher level of abstraction. Otherwise I will be soooo please of helping you out. Again. Thanks. Jorge > Luis > -- > 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 >