[Solved] - Slackware 13.0 and compiling madwifi 0.9.4

bassplayer69 · 09-13-2009, 08:57 PM

I installed Slackware 13.0 and output of lspci is:

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

I've read ath5k doesn't work with this card (and it doesn't). It needs to be blacklisted and to use ath_pci through madwifi. So, I downloaded madwifi-0.9.4 put it on a cd and copied it to the slackware 13.0 machine.

I un-tar'd it and did the following:

Code:

#cd scripts
#./madwifi-unload
#./find-madwifi-modules.sh $(uname -r)
#cd ..
#make

I get the following error:

Code:

Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.29.6-smp/build SUBDIRS=/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29.6'
  CC [M] /home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.0
/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c: In function 'ath_attach':
/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c:402: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
...
...
...
/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c: In fucntion 'ath_rcv_dev_event':
/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c:9926: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
make [3] *** [/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.o] Error 1
make [2] *** [/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4/ath] Error 2
make [1] *** [_module_/home/david/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2
make [1] Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29.6'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
#

Any ideas what I did wrong or what I need to do to compile this correctly?

Code:

#uname -r
2.6.29.6-smp
#

larryhaja · 09-13-2009, 10:35 PM

Yeah, you quickly found out that madwifi 0.9.4 doesn't compile against kernel 2.6.29. There is a patch that is found upstream on the madwifi site. I was able to build the madwifi driver with this patch.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=188087
Name the patch whatever you want and apply the patch by doing:

Code:

# patch -p0 < kernel-2.6.29.patch

I used the slackbuild script from slackbuilds.org that also has a couple of additional patches for earlier kernels as well.
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...adwifi-driver/

bassplayer69 · 09-14-2009, 09:15 PM

Using the SlackBuild from 12.2 and the patch you provided, everything worked and I was able to install the packages for madwifi and madwifi-tools.

I just have to figure out why when I'm requesting DHCP that my cheese router won't give it an IP address...

I keep getting No DHCPOFFERS received.

Thanks for your assistance!

bassplayer69 · 09-14-2009, 09:23 PM

Update -- posting this from my Slack 13.0 machine! Just had to reset the router and everything worked!

oldnick · 09-16-2009, 06:41 AM

Can someone explain how that patching works? I have this same problem and i don't know what file i have to patch, It just ask that "File to batch:"

bassplayer69 · 09-16-2009, 07:02 AM

Just follow larryhaja's instructions.

What I did was download the patch and slackbuilds for the madwifi-driver and tools into /home/user. And then did the following:

Code:

#tar -xvf madwifi-driver.tar.gz
#mv madwifi-0.9.4.tar.gz madwifi-driver
#mv kernel-2.6.29.patch madwifi-driver/patches
#cd madwifi-driver
#vi madwifi-driver.SlackBuild

Find the section that reads:

Code:

# Patches to build madwifi against Slacware 12.2 kernel
# Patch from: http://madwifi-project.org/changeset/3696
patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/madwifi-0.9.4_kernel_2.6.26.diff
# Patch from: http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/madwifi/build/
patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/madwifi-0.9.4_kernel_2.6.27.diff

and add the line to include the new patch you just downloaded:

Code:

# Patch from http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=188087
patch -p0 < $CWD/patches/kernel-2.6.29.patch

Save the file and then do:

Code:

#./madwifi-driver.SlackBuild

Then you get the package made and you can install the package using installpkg.

Don't forget to get the madwifi-tools slackbuild as well.

oldnick · 09-17-2009, 12:00 AM

Thanks bassplayer69, i got my madwifi worked now.

neitor · 09-19-2009, 11:09 AM

I have done the steps from bassplayer69 and it's works perfect, but after i reboot wireless stop working

How can i start it again?

bassplayer69 · 09-19-2009, 12:21 PM

Try this site:

http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/User...stro/Slackware

That should help you persist your wireless connection.

kd5zex · 09-24-2009, 09:14 PM

I was having problems with a ath5k AR2413 in a Toshiba A105. Installed madwifi and its alot better!

Thanks!

rworkman · 09-24-2009, 10:27 PM

If someone would like to take over maintenance of the madwifi builds (by pulling the ones from 12.2, adding the necessary patch(es), and submitting it, that would be nice. :-)

larryhaja · 09-24-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

If someone would like to take over maintenance of the madwifi builds (by pulling the ones from 12.2, adding the necessary patch(es), and submitting it, that would be nice. :-)

I don't mind doing that. But I don't have a card to test it out on. I can only offer support on compiling the driver.

rworkman · 09-24-2009, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larryhaja

I don't mind doing that. But I don't have a card to test it out on. I can only offer support on compiling the driver.

Good enough for me - that's all I could do in recent times; I haven't had an atheros chipset in quite some time.

kd5zex · 09-25-2009, 07:08 AM

I would be happy to do some testing should it be necessary or desired.