Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:1917 "EHLO MMS3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751706Ab1HWLYB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:24:01 -0400 Message-ID: <4E538DC3.7060906@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110823_132406_592895_484BAFB0) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:23:47 +0200 From: "Roland Vossen" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FtYWxlw7Nu?= cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , "Brett Rudley" , "Henry Ptasinski" , "Arend Van Spriel" , "networkmanager-list@gnome.org" Subject: Re: brcmsmac driver only works when sitting next to the AP References: <20110822112737.GA5936@stt008.linux.site> <4E525235.7060501@broadcom.com> <4E525FC7.4070802@broadcom.com> <4E5367AA.8040406@broadcom.com> <4E53728B.3030803@broadcom.com> <20110823095348.GA5383@stt008.linux.site> <4E538309.1040203@broadcom.com> <20110823105341.GA5604@stt008.linux.site> In-Reply-To: <20110823105341.GA5604@stt008.linux.site> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Camaleón, >> Would you be able/willing to make debug related changes to our driver >> and build it ? I can tell you what changes to make. > > I can try whataver you want me to try :-) > > Just provide some guidance on what are the required steps. > that is great. Ok, do you have the kernel sources on your system ? If so, cd to the root of the source tree and issue these commands to build the driver: make SUBDIRS=drivers/staging/brcm80211 clean make SUBDIRS=drivers/staging/brcm80211 modules if that works, do a 'modprobe mac80211' followed by a 'insmod drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko' followed by a 'insmod drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko'. Btw, I will assume until further notice that you disable network-manager prior to loading the driver. Let me know how this goes, then we can take it to the next level. Thanks, Roland.