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[ts-7000] Re: RTL8187 in Busybox

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: RTL8187 in Busybox
From: "nxtcomputing" <>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:48 -0000
Gonzalo,

Sure enough you were right... I was missing the cfg80211.ko dependency. Thanks 
your your help.

Now the next question... How can I get the wireless tools working.. i.e. 
iwconfig?

-Rob

--- In  "Gonzalo A. de la Vega" <> wrote:
>
> 2010/2/15 nxtcomputing <>:
> > Does anyone know how to get USB wireless device working in the busybox 
> > environment? I have a TS-7500 and a usb wireless adapter that uses the 
> > realtek rtl8187 chipset.
> >
> > The device works just fine when I boot into the debian environment on the 
> > micro-SD card. I would like to get the same adapter working without loading 
> > the full debian distribution.
> >
> > In debian I found out the following:
> >  lsmod shows: rtl8187, mac80211, cfg80211, eeprom_93cx6, usb_storage, 
> > ehci_hdc, usbcore, sd_mod, scsi_mod
> >
> >  modinfo rtl8187 shows: filename: 
> > /lib/modules/2.6.24.4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187.ko
> > depends:        mac80211,eeprom_93cx6,usbcore
>
> I think mac80211 depends on cfg80211.
>
> > In busybox, I was hoping I could use:
> >  navigate to files... cd /mnt/root/lib/.../wireless/
> >  insmod rtl8187.ko
> >
> > and also load any other dependants... but this does not work.. i get the 
> > error: insmod: can't insert 'rtl8187.ko': unknown symbol in module or 
> > invalid parameter
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
>
> Check the dependencies of the dependencies.
> BTW, are you loading the dependencies first? insmod does not do that
> automatically like modprode does.
>
> Gonzalo
>




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