#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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Old description:
> 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.
New description:
Experimental support for AR5007 chipsets is now available through the
patch that is [attachment:madwifi-ng-0933.ar2425.20071130.i386.patch
attached] to this ticket.
The patch applies cleanly to r2756. Instructions on how to use this patch
can be found in [comment:11 comment 11].
Alternatively you can download a readily-patched snapshot
[http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz from
here].
'''Important note 1''':[[BR]]
At this time, AR5007 support is limited to x86 (32bit)! It's not yet
available for all the other platforms that MadWifi usually runs on. We are
negotiating with Atheros in this regard. Further information will be
provided in this ticket as soon as they become available - '''please
refrain from asking about updates'''.
'''Important note 2''':[[BR]]
Please help to keep this ticket clean. '''All support questions should be
directed to our [wiki:Support regular support channels] first'''. Thanks
for your cooperation.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679#comment:69>
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