#1679: Support for AR2425 (AR5007EG) chipset
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: v0.9.3.3
Resolution: | Keywords: AR2425 AR5007EG HAL
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by anonymous):
Replying to [ticket:1679 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> 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#comment:64>
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