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akirapill 09-30-2007 02:45 PM
rt2500 wireless module build issue
 
Hi everyone, I've been trying to install the rt2500 wireless driver for my new linksys wireless card, but I've been having issues building the source. I've been using Debian on my desktop for 3 years, but I'm still kind of a noob when it comes to builds and modules. Here's some quick info:

Dell 600Mhz Pentium III
Debian etch kernel 2.6.21
rt2500-source v. 1.1.0
module-assistant v. 0.10.11

and the wireless card:

from hwinfo:
20: PCI 10.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.296]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_301
Unique ID: 37TO.9t8cPPpjVB1
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:10.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Linksys RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
Device: pci 0x0301 "RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
SubVendor: pci 0x1737 "Linksys"
SubDevice: pci 0x0055
Memory Range: 0xf0008000-0xf000ffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 9 (17806 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00000301sv00001737sd00000055bc02sc80i00"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

from lshw:
*-network:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64

So I downloaded the rt2500-source package and installed it with

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/rt2500-source_1.1.0+cvs20060620-3_all.deb.

I unpacked the rt2500 tarball in /usr/src and read the debain documentation. Then, consistent with the documentation and other forum threads I did:


module-assistant prepare
module-assistant get rt2500
module-assistant auto-install rt2500

Then I started to get all sorts of build errors. Here's the output from the first build:

rayden:/usr/src# m-a -t a-i rt2500
.
Updated infos about 1 packages
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.21-2-686
Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/rt2500.tar.gz, please wait...
"/usr/share/modass/overrides/rt2500-source" build KVERS=2.6.21-2-686 KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build KDREV=2.6.21-6 kdist_image
touch config.mk \
&& /usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
dh_clean
dh_clean: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory

make: [kdist_clean] Error 1 (ignored)
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
touch config.mk \
&& /usr/bin/make clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
dh_clean
dh_clean: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory

make[1]: [kdist_clean] Error 1 (ignored)
for templ in ; do \
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.21-2-686/g'` ; \
done
for templ in `ls debian/*.modules.in` ; do \
test -e ${templ%.modules.in}.backup || cp ${templ%.modules.in} ${templ%.modules.in}.backup 2>/dev/null || true; \
sed -e 's/##KVERS##/2.6.21-2-686/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.21-2-686/g ; s/_KVERS_/2.6.21-2-686/g ; s/##KDREV##/2.6.21-6/g ; s/#KDREV#/2.6.21-6/g ; s/_KDREV_/2.6.21-6/g ' < $templ > ${templ%.modules.in}; \
done
# Install module
dh_installdirs lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
# Build modules
/usr/bin/make KERNDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build PATCHLEVEL=6
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.21-2-686'
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.o
In file included from /usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c:50:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rt_config.h:58:40: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘RT2500_open’:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c:272: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘rt2500_resume’:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c:878: warning: ignoring return value of ‘pci_enable_device’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/rt2500] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.21-2-686'
rt2500.ko failed to build!
make[2]: *** [module] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[1]: *** [binary_modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
BUILD FAILED!
See /var/cache/modass/rt2500-source.buildlog.2.6.21-2-686.1191180721 for details.
Build failed. Press Return to continue...


The first error was in rt_config.h. It was trying to access linux/config.h, which doesn't exist in the new kernel versions. In the script, the line is:

#include <linux/config.h> //can delete

so I just commented it out and did module-assistant build again, but with the -o option so it didn't re-unpack the tarball. Now I get this output:


rayden:/usr/src/modules/rt2500# m-a -o -t a-i rt2500
.
Updated infos about 1 packages
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.21-2-686
Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!
"/usr/share/modass/overrides/rt2500-source" build KVERS=2.6.21-2-686 KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build KDREV=2.6.21-6 kdist_image
touch config.mk \
&& /usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
dh_clean
dh_clean: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory

make: [kdist_clean] Error 1 (ignored)
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
touch config.mk \
&& /usr/bin/make clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
dh_clean
dh_clean: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory

make[1]: [kdist_clean] Error 1 (ignored)
for templ in ; do \
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.21-2-686/g'` ; \
done
for templ in `ls debian/*.modules.in` ; do \
test -e ${templ%.modules.in}.backup || cp ${templ%.modules.in} ${templ%.modules.in}.backup 2>/dev/null || true; \
sed -e 's/##KVERS##/2.6.21-2-686/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.21-2-686/g ; s/_KVERS_/2.6.21-2-686/g ; s/##KDREV##/2.6.21-6/g ; s/#KDREV#/2.6.21-6/g ; s/_KDREV_/2.6.21-6/g ' < $templ > ${templ%.modules.in}; \
done
# Install module
dh_installdirs lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
# Build modules
/usr/bin/make KERNDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/build PATCHLEVEL=6
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.21-2-686'
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.o
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘RT2500_open’:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c:272: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘rt2500_resume’:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_main.c:878: warning: ignoring return value of ‘pci_enable_device’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/mlme.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/connect.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/sync.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/assoc.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/auth.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/auth_rsp.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_data.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.o
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.c:959:62: error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.c: In function ‘NICInitializeAdapter’:
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.c:959: error: ‘INIT_WORK’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.c:959: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.c:959: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/rt2500/rtmp_init.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/rt2500] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.21-2-686'
rt2500.ko failed to build!
make[2]: *** [module] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make[1]: *** [binary_modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/rt2500'
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
BUILD FAILED!
See /var/cache/modass/rt2500-source.buildlog.2.6.21-2-686.1191181075 for details.
Build failed. Press Return to continue...




I don't know what this "error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2" business is all about. Does anyone have any clue as to why this might be happening? It's frustrating that the package isn't working right out of the box; I'm running testing, and this is the latest version of rt2500-source. Help!

-AP

rickh 09-30-2007 03:07 PM
You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

# aptitude install rt2500 rt2500-source module-assistant build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
# m-a prepare
# m-a a-i rt2500
modprobe -v rt2500

After that, you may need to find the GUI RT2500 configuration app under the Debian Menu to actually activate the card.

akirapill 09-30-2007 04:32 PM
That's exactly what I did, except I used apt instead of aptitude. Even using your method, which is really the same thing except it made me autoclean, I still got exactly the same result. I've read all the forum posts on this subject, and I know that this is how it's _supposed_ to work, but the errors speak for themselves. Anyone have any ideas on this "error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2" weirdness? Googling it seems to suggest that it's a bug in the build script, and the only way to fix it is to fix it myself, and this seems to be confirmed by the fact that I had to comment out another obviously outdated line in the rt_config.h file (the one that references linux/config.h) just to get this far. I sincerely hope this is not the case, because rt2500 is a popular open source driver, and I have no knowledge of scripting, so I doubt I could fix it myself. I'm hoping I'm just having some noob issue with my compiler configuration or module shimsham. Anyone have any ideas?

-AP

farslayer 10-01-2007 01:18 AM
and what did the log file it referred you to say ?

Quote:
See /var/cache/modass/rt2500-source.buildlog.2.6.21-2-686.1191181075 for details.
does it have more details than what you posted ?

akirapill 10-06-2007 01:40 PM
no more details in the log file, its just the same as the report I posted.

akirapill 02-22-2008 08:16 PM
Hey all, it must have been a bug in the module or an outdated makefile. The new rt2500 package and module work fine. Interestingly though, I got it to work for a while before the new version came out by installing the rt61 module.

rickh 02-22-2008 09:50 PM
Quote:
Interestingly though, I got it to work for a while before the new version came out by installing the rt61 module.
According to your OP, it is an rt61.
Quote:
Model: "Linksys RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
Device: pci 0x0301 "RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
If you're using the rt2500 driver, I suspect your problems are far from over.


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