lists wrote:
> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> lists wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Drivers sources:
>>>>
>>>> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>> Hm. They don't compile on the CD. I will see what I can do. Maybe 
>>> fetching an older version from CVS will work.
>>>
>>>   
>> I have successfully compiled the driver after reverting this change:
>>
>> http://rt2400.cvs.sourceforge.net/rt2400/source/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17&view=patch
>>
> using r1952 the original source files built with no errors. 8 warnings
> about variable type.. expects "unsigned int" and gets "u8 *"
> 
> rebooted and applied the patch, rebuilt the sources, with no errors.
> same warnings about variable types.
> 
> iwconfig gives a module built with wireless 22 extensions, this kernel
> only supports wireless 20 extensions, some features may be broken.
> 
> even after insmod rt61.ko and running iwconfig, the device is not
> powering up and registering with the open source drivers.
> [ maybe I did something wrong. ]

yup, I forgot to add the routing to the system.
it's working perfectly.
> 
> I'll reboot the system and try the older, proprietary drivers I have in
> source to see if they power the device correctly.
> 
not proprietary, they are the same drivers. just with support for the
2.4 series kernel as well.

also, this archive included wpa_supplicant sources. Has slightly better
documentation of using as well as configuring the driver and
wpa_supplicant to work together properly.
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