Axel Thimm wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 02:06:55AM +0300, Axel Thimm wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:27:56AM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>> I created madwifi package for AR5007* Atheros radios [...] > >> Also I think you must have used the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 branch. But >> AFAIK this branch has been deemed dead by madwifi upstream: > > It looks like AR5007* is supported in madwifi's trunk branch: > > http://madwifi-project.org/changeset/3989 > > So please try to use the packages at > > http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/madwifi-free/ > > They may already work for you.
I am reluctant to go with the trunc version. That is beta version in heavy progress, so who knows what they are changing and how long it will take until stable 0.9.5 is out. It would be nice to also have this version available, as this is the last version for AR5007 with proprietary (and stable) HAL. If you are now willing to host it, I would just keep it in my repository for those who decide to use that version or need version for older kernel. My intention was not to just add diff to existing madwifi drivers but to create package properly marked for AR5007* owners guaranteeing them stability. Also, there is an problem with active ath5k driver already in current kernel. ath5k driver tries to load on AR5007* and fails, but in the process it prevents ath_pci driver to load the card. That is why ath5k_blacklist-modprobe.d script is needed. Without it madwifi from rpm will not work. I am not sure if madwifi-modprobe.d is necessary, but it can not hurt to have it. Can you please check and tell me how I am to add those 2 files to binary rpm? I will need this for few more rpm's I want to build, and I am most definitely going to need it if I even need to produce newer version of the trunk. I would also appreciate if you could tell me if there is the way to compile modules for different kernels without the need to reboot with another kernel and then compile so I can produce also rpm's for last 5.2 kernels. Until 5.3 came out I used kernel 2.6.18-92.1.13 not wanting to disturb working unit. I also noticed problem with 2.6.18-128.x kernels and AMD RS780 motherboards forcing me to stay with 2.6.18-92.1.22 on 2 such PC's. It is nice to have fall back version and without wireless drivers on notebook can be very inconvenient. I spent 1 month a year ago plugged to LAN cable until I found/waited for driver that works. I hope I am not being difficult, and I hope you will help me in my quest for knowledge. Thanks, Ljubomir _______________________________________________ atrpms-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-devel
