#1679: Support for AR2425 (AR5007EG) chipset
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Type: enhancement
Status: new | Priority: minor
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: v0.9.3.3
Keywords: AR2425 AR5007EG HAL | Patch_attached: 1
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This patch for madwifi driver 0.9.3.3 will enable the support for Atheros
AR2425 (AR5007EG) chipset. This patch is applicable for 32-bit i386
platforms only.
Please check the requirement section below before applying this patch.
There is no warranty expressed or implied with this patch and its
instructions.
== Requirements ==
1) Your linux setup needs to be able to build the madwifi kernel driver
from its source and you will need to know how to build kernel drivers.
Please refer to the User Documentation webpage at Madwifi.org for more
information (madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs) and the "INSTALL" file in the
madwifi driver package.
2) Please check that your Atheros card has the correct PCI ID of
168C:001C. You should find an entry for Atheros Communications with the
PCI ID [168c:001c] using the tool "lspci".
To get more detailed information about the device, do the following:
{{{
prompt> lspci -d 168c:001c
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11
b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
}}}
The last step is to check your machine CPU type.
{{{
prompt> uname -i
i386
}}}
== To apply the patch ==
1) Download the madwifi driver 0.9.3.3 package from madwifi.org.
2) Download the attachment called
"madwifi-0933.ar2425.20071130.i386.patch" from this ticket. Attachment
viewing is slow due to size of the patch. Use following link to
save patch directly on your disk after replacing the <ticket number> with
this ticket number.
http
://madwifi.org/attachment/ticket/<ticket
number>/madwifi-0933.ar2425.20071130.i386.patch?format=raw
3) Extract the madwifi driver and change into the driver directory.
Please
note that the name of the extracted directory may be different.
{{{
prompt> tar -xvzf madwifi-ng-current.tar.gz
madwifi-ng-r2756-20071018/
madwifi-ng-r2756-20071018/THANKS
...
prompt> cd madwifi-ng-r2756-20071018/
}}}
4) Copy your downloaded patch to “madwifi-ng-r2756-20071018” directory
and
type in following patch command.
{{{
prompt> patch -p0 < madwifi-0933.ar2425.20071130.i386.patch
patching file hal/ah.h
patching file hal/public/i386-elf.hal.o.uu
patching file hal/public/i386-elf.inc
patching file hal/public/i386-elf.opt_ah.h
patching file hal/version.h
}}}
5) Make and install this updated driver according the instructions in
the
"INSTALL" file from the madwifi package.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679>
madwifi.org <http://madwifi.org/>
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