[maemo-developers] N800 WLAN driver installation problem

[From: Kalle Valo]

"kalle ahokangas" <kalleahok at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,

Hello Kalle :)

> The self compiled WLAN driver (cx3110x.ko) for N800 doesn't work properly.

It should work ;)

> This is what I did:
>
> 1. compile the driver

What kernel sources did you use for compiling the driver? What was the
exact command line you used to compile it? And what compiler did you
use?

> 2. copy it to device and rmmod umac.ko and cx3110x.ko
> 3. insmod original umac.ko (which is copied to another directory) and
> cx3110.ko. dmesg tells that driver is installed perfectly.
> 4. Go to Connection manager and scan for connections. Connections are
> scanned perfectly.
> 3. Select connection from list -> 'Network connection error. Try again?'
>
> So the scanning works perfectly but I cannot connect to any APs.
>
> Can anyone tell if I'm doing something wrong here and what should I
> do to get the driver to work.

All sounds ok to me. Actually, now that I think of it more, you have
to run wlan-cal after insmoding cx3110x.ko:

chroot /mnt/initfs /usr/bin/wlan-cal

That might help. Sorry, I should document this properly.

> Is there any way to install the driver in the boot sequence?

You could try to replace cx3110x.ko in /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/, if
there is enough free space. Most probably not.

> I'm using dev rootfs and device is in rd mode.

I haven't ever tried dev rootfs, but I would assume it's not the
problem here.

-- 
Kalle Valo