many thanks Jonathan and Shafi for your valuable inputs... I have gone through the docs. We are using an SDK that has kernel 2.6.32.13 used for a mips64 target board. hence the reason for not moving to the lastest kernel.
in my kernel(2.6.32.13) , i do not see CONFIG_WEXT_* in my .config. Any clue why?? On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wirel...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Queenie de Melo <queenie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Shafi for your reply. > > > > So nl80211 n cfg80211 is built in the kernel? or is it in the ath9k > driver. > > > > iam using kernel 2.6.32.... Do i need to apply wireless extension > > patch? or will it already have nl80211/cf802.11? > > > Please use latest kernel > make sure that you have NL80211 enabled in .config of you kernel > source before compiling .like this you have.... > As Jonathan plz said read the docs > CONFIG_WIRELESS=y > CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y > CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y > CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y > CONFIG_WEXT_SPY=y > CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV=y > CONFIG_CFG80211=m > CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS=y > # CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB is not set > CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y > CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y > > > Pl help! > > > >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mohammed Shafi > >> <shafi.wirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Queenie de Melo <queenie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > Hi, > >>> > > >>> > I would lik to know if the ath9k drivers come with inbuilt nl80211 > and cfg80211 > >>> > > >>> > Or is do i have to separaely download and use nl80211 and cfg80211? > >>> No you don't have to when you do > >>> sudo modprobe ath9k it will take care of it.(you have to download > >>> compatwireless or wireless-testing tree) > >>> ath9k is a mac80211 based driver > >>> Simply ,all your user space commands will come to cfg80211(either by > >>> wext or nl80211) and then to mac80211 finally to driver. > >>> when you use 'iw' commands you will be using nl80211 and when you use > >>> iwconfig commands you will be using wext . > >>> > > >>> > Pl advise > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > ath9k-devel mailing list > >>> > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > >>> > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > >>> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > ath9k-devel mailing list > > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > > >
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