Linksys WUSB600N ver. 2

binarynut at comcast.net binarynut at comcast.net
Mon Aug 9 16:31:30 UTC 2010


  On 08/09/2010 12:27 PM, JD wrote:
>    On 08/09/2010 09:14 AM, binarynut at comcast.net wrote:
>>     On 08/09/2010 11:59 AM, JD wrote:
>>>      On 08/09/2010 06:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>      On 08/09/2010 09:30 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>> Unfortunately it is late in the day and I don't have the time now to
>>>>> figure out what is "broken".
>>>> Ah hah....
>>>>
>>>> I see the problem....but not sure how to fix yet.....
>>>>
>>>> In the Makefile you see..... at line 236
>>>>
>>>> ifneq (,$(findstring 2.4,$(LINUX_SRC)))
>>>>
>>>> Well....the current kernel is 2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE which
>>>> contains the string 2.4 so the build thinks this is a 2.4 kernel build!
>>>>
>>>> My wife and cats are yelling at me......
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Ed, and Mr. binary :)
>>>
>>> I did not keep the original build output from mr. binary ...
>>>
>>> Did the compilation error message look like this:
>>>
>>> ......
>>> /2010_0709_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/os/linux/../../common/cmm_mac_usb.c:52:
>>> error: implicit declaration of function ‘usb_buffer_alloc’
>>>
>>> If so, then it has nothing to do with
>>> ifneq (,$(findstring 2.4,$(LINUX_SRC)))
>>>
>>> at all.
>>>
>>> It has to do with the fact that usb_buffer_alloc function is no longer
>>> present in the kernel sources of the linux version you are compiling for.
>>> Nor is it present in my kernel source 2.6.35-git1
>>>
>>> It was present in
>>>
>>>
>>> kernel-2.6.32.16-150.fc12.src/linux-2.6.32/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
>>>
>>> and exported via header file
>>>
>>> kernel-2.6.32.16-150.fc12.src/linux-2.6.32/include/linux/usb.h
>>>
>>> This function was taken out sometime kernel 2.6.32.16-150
>>>
>>> This is the problem with ralinktech. They do not keep up with
>>> linux kernel changes. They think one hat fits all is the way to go.
>>> Unlike, for example, VirtualBox - which has a separate release for
>>> several kernel revisions of Fedora.
>>>
>>>
>> Does that mean I have to scrap the compile ideal and wait for them to
>> come out with a Linux  driver ?
> Don't hold your breath.
> What is your kernel version?
>
Yeah, your right about that.

  2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686

Can it also be compiled on a X86_64




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