On Wednesday 04 June 2014 05:26:29 suleman....@gmail.com wrote: > I am writing to get some help with enabling atheros drivers for my > beagleboard xm. I have used the image 3.14.2-armv7-x5 > (http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#BeagleBoard_xM) . > > If i run *lsusb* on the board i can see my TP-LINK TL-WN722N wireless > adapter listed as : > > > *Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 > 802.11n* > > However when i run *iwconfig* i donot see my wlan1 network interface. Also > if i run *modinfo ath9k, *it says Module ath9k not found which means that > the driver for this wireless adapter is not present. You need ath9k-htc, not ath9k. ath9k is for PCI devices, not USB.
David > > I have searched a lot on the internet but i cannot find a solution. The > most relevant post is as follows: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/9KCIs7yqsa8 > > In this post *A*ndrewTaneGlen says that "it has since become clearer that > building the drivers into the kernel as modules is far simpler and > obviously less prone to tool-chain dependency problems faced when building > it separately." > > I tried to compile the linux kernel from scratch by using the most recent > stable version 3.14.5 ( https://www.kernel.org/) and i tried to enable > Atheros wireless card support [image attached]. > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x6s03sy9oME/U48PryIZ5NI/AAAAAAAAAGc/xQBy > SS0L2rw/s1600/3.png> > > I have found this method very difficult and time consuming as i am a > beginner in linux and very novice to compiling kernels. I tried to get the > uiimage from my compliled kernel but my beagleboard-xm does not boot.So > something is not working. > > > If someone can please guide me on steps i can take to enable atheros > drivers for my beagleboard-xm either by compiling the linux kernel from > scratch or making changes on the 3.14.2-armv7-x5 image, i will really > appreciate it. > > I look forward to a response. > > Thanks. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
