Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:35001 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751717Ab1CXQvz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:51:55 -0400 Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so5443489qyk.19 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:51:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4D86B222.4070708@lockie.ca> References: <4D866BD1.9060904@lockie.ca> <4D86B222.4070708@lockie.ca> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:51:54 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: kernel-2.6.36.2 works, later doesn't From: Sedat Dilek To: James Cc: linux-wireless Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:04 AM, James wrote: > On 03/20/11 17:04, James wrote: >> $ dmesg | grep phy >> BIOS-provided physical RAM map: >> modified physical RAM map: >> phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control' >> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio >> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc >> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx >> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx >> phy0: Atheros AR5416 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR2133 RF Rev:81 >> mem=0xffffc90001900000, irq=17 >> >> This is kernel-2.6.36.2. >> The wireless doesn't work on any later kernel that I have tried. >> It is very interesting the IRQ is 17 on this kernel but 18 on 2.6.37.3. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > I tried > http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.36/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4.tar.bz2 > but it doesn't work in the 2.6.36.2 kernel or the 2.6.38 kernel. > > Where can I get the compat-wireless that is the exact code that is in > the 2.6.36.2 kernel and then I can try it in the 2.6.38 kernel? > The idea of compat-wireless is to make new wifi drivers & features accessible for older host-kernel, not the other way around. It also makes no sense to have same versions of host kernel and c-w version (both 2.6.36 for example, it is the same codebase). Did you try one of the bleeding-edge compat-wireless [1] tarball (it is updated daily, but can be broken)? Furthermore, [2] has informations about stable releases and detailed build instructions. Please provide full dmesg and lspci/lsusb output - not truncated one. Which user-space do you use? Network-Manager, wpasupplicant, etc.? - Sedat - [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/#Where_to_download_bleeding_edge [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/