On Dec 16, 2007 9:55 AM, Mahdi Jafari <> wrote:
>
> Dear Gonzalo,
>
> Thanks for your reply about G122 driver.
> I have just bought one DWL-G122 usb dongle and download the driver
> from the address you had mentioned but I could not cross compile the
> driver. Does it have any unusual trick?!
> I used the makefile for the 2.4 kernel and set the required path
> variable to the source of kernel and to the kernel modules but it was
> just a mess and I got lots of error during the compilation.
This is the diff between Makefile.4 and my Makefile:
-------------------------------------cut
here------------------------------------------------------------------------
<
CROSSCOMPILE=/opt/ts7260/crosstool/arm-linux/gcc-3.3.4-glibc-2.3.2/bin/arm-linux-
8,9c7
< CC := $(CROSSCOMPILE)gcc
< LD := $(CROSSCOMPILE)ld
---
> CC := cc
14c12
< CFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -I$(LINUX_SRC)/include -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DMODULE
-DMODVERSIONS -include $(LINUX_SRC)/include/linux/modversions.h
---
> CFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -I$(LINUX_SRC)/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
> -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
> -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
> $(LINUX_SRC)/include/linux/modversions.h
-------------------------------------cut
here-------------------------------------------------------------------------
As you see there are two invalid flags for the ARM crosscompiler:
"-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2" and "-march=i686".
Of course you should replace the CROSSCOMPILE variable with your own.
> Thanks,
> Mahdi
>
Any time,
Gonzalo
> --- In "Gonzalo A. de la Vega"
> <> wrote:
> >
> > On Dec 5, 2007 1:35 PM, naturalwatt <> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Partly replying to myself. I like it when lists like this contain
> answers as well as questions.
> > > It's frustrating to seach for something, only to find that other
> people have had the sam
> > > problem but have not reported how they fixed it.
> > >
> > > Let's hope this is of some use to others.
> > >
> > > I bought a BlueNext Wifi dongle, called the BN-WD54G. The site
> lists a Linux driver which
> > > is called RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.6. (Their OSX driver is for 10.4
> and I'm not going to
> > > risk loading a 10.4 kernel extension on either of my 10.5 systems!)
> >
> > I'm using the driver from Ralink:
> > http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.4.0.tar.gz
> > and works just fine.
> > We've had 3 DAQ TS7260 working for 4 days without a single problem
> > (data is read once per second and transmitted).
> >
> > Gonzalo
> >
> > > I downloaded and compiled it to create rt73.o. Using insmod rt73,
> it loads with an error
> > > message:
> > >
> > > insmod: multiply defined
> > >
> > > (There are two spaces between insmod and multiply, so it looks
> like an empty string is
> > > being reported).
> > >
> > > Dmesg shows:
> > > rtusb init ====>
> > > usb.c: registered new driver rt73
> > > idVendor = 0x148f, idProduct = 0x2573
> > >
> > > Which is good. I can issue 'ifconfig rausb0 up' and have also
> compiled iwconfig and iwlist
> > > from wireless-tools (use Google!)
> > >
> > > However, my ts7250 now crashes once or twice per day, which is
> less good.
> > >
> > > I cannot connect to anything as 'iwlist rausbo scan' reports no
> networks nearby - which
> > > may be true.
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In "Mahdi Jafari"
> <mahdijafarisiavoshani@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Gonzalo,
> > > >
> > > > It would be nice if you can write more about the D-Link DWL-G122 and
> > > > how to compile the driver, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mahdi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In "Gonzalo A. de la Vega"
> > > > <gadelavega@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Dec 2, 2007 11:51 AM, Joe Bouchard <jbouchard@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 02:21:01PM -0000, naturalwatt wrote:
> > > > > > > I notice thatTechnologic do a Wifi USB option at ship time.
> > > > What other
> > > > > > USB Wifi dongles can I
> > > > > > > use? Ie, what has drivers availalable for 2.4 kernal?
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I prefer the D-Link DWL-G122 with Ralink 2571 chipset. The
> driver is
> > > > > much better than the old zd1211-r83 (new version, zd1211rw,
> doesn't
> > > > > work with 2.4 kernel). With the Ralink RT73 driver you can control
> > > > > communication parameters, like fragmentation and RTS
> thresholds and
> > > > > retry limit. It's a little more difficult to adapt an external
> > > > > antenna, but you still can do the job. I can send you the
> > > > > instructions if you will (for both the DWL-G122 and the zd1211
> > > > > IOGEAR).
> > > > > Note: if you use the RT73 driver with a DWL-G122 tweaking the
> driver
> > > > > so LEDs are never on saves some power (between 60 and 80mW,
> haven't
> > > > > done a detailed measure).
> > > > >
> > > > > You can also get a zd1211 dongle with SMA connector for external
> > > > antenna.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Martin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The ones they are shipping are based on zd1211 chipset.
> > > > > > I _think_ it's safe to assume if you buy one based on zd1211 you
> > > > should be
> > > > > > all
> > > > > > set. Note, that there is a zd1211A and zd1211B chip sets,
> and you
> > > > need the
> > > > > > kernel module A or B.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's right.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Personally, I buy them from Technologic Systems... I'd
> rather buy
> > > > from
> > > > > > them, and
> > > > > > maybe pay $10 extra, to get something that "just works"
> without any
> > > > > > mystery.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joe
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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