Fedora Core 6 WMP54G Make Errors

geerkuser · 02-17-2007, 04:24 PM

Have a quick question.

I installed Fedora Core 6 (2.6.18-1.2789.fc6) running and managed to make the WMP54G (RT61 chipset) work. Once the wireless was working, I used the package manager from Gnome to update the software and the dependencies. This caused the system to update, reboot and come back up correctly with new kernel 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6

Now if I try to recompile the WMPG54G drivers so that the wireless card would work, I get the following error. The same files worked fine with the 2.6.18-1.2789.fc6 kernel.

-----------Error Log -----------------
[root@localhost Module]# uname -rm
2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 i686

[root@localhost Module]# make all
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2911.fc6/build SUBDIRS=/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-i586'
CC [M] /usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.o
/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘RT61_probe’:
/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.c:197: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘get_wireless_stats’
/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.c: In function ‘RT61_open’:
/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.c:326: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/rtmp_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/local/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-i586'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[root@localhost Module]#
---------- End error log ----------------------------

Could one someone please let me know what could be wrong. Would appreciate any help. The same files worked with the previous version of the kernel.

jcliburn · 02-18-2007, 09:17 AM

Guess you didn't believe me in the other forum.

Trust me, I'm right. The core wireless API was changed in the kernel between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19, and your driver code is now outdated. You can either fix it yourself or get a new driver from your vendor. Here's the commit that took away get_wireless_stats from netdevice.h

Code:

commit baef186519c69b11cf7e48c26e75feb1e6173baa
Author: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 8 16:04:05 2006 -0400

    [PATCH] WE-21 support (core API)
    
    This is version 21 of the Wireless Extensions. Changelog :
        o finishes migrating the ESSID API (remove the +1)
        o netdev->get_wireless_stats is no more
        o long/short retry
    
    This is a redacted version of a patch originally submitted by Jean
    Tourrilhes.  I removed most of the additions, in order to minimize
    future support requirements for nl80211 (or other WE successor).
    
    CC: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
    Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

saiftynet · 05-04-2007, 12:43 PM

The way to get rid of the "get_wireless_stats" failure on compilation is to comment out the lines that call it i.e, in the file rtmp_main.c (in the Modules folder): -
the line that says
net_dev->get_wireless_stats = RT61_get_wireless_stats;
should now be
// net_dev->get_wireless_stats = RT61_get_wireless_stats;

Try recompiling it again.
Don't forget to edit ifcfg-ra0 and RT61STA.DAT before you reboot...in my system this had resulted in system hang everytime until I modified these two files.
Don't forget you have to re-install the module every time you update the kernel, but atleast now you don't have be stuck with 2.6.18, with your wireles card

Saif