[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[flohack]

Sorry to resurrect this one...

Since 2010 or so I used an external WiFi dongle because of my issues,
but now I decided to give the internal one another try.

I am now on 14.04 LTS with it, kernel 3.13.0-91, the driver loads and HW
is recognized, but associating with a WPA2 AP fails:

[ 1929.539251] AP(BSS) finding:Found a AP(BSS)..
[ 1930.572203] WLAN_AUTHENTICATE_WAIT:wait 1 times!!
[ 1931.072212] WLAN_AUTHENTICATE_WAIT:wait 2 times!!
[ 1931.572259] WLAN_AUTHENTICATE_WAIT:wait 3 times!!
[ 1932.072207] WLAN_AUTHENTICATE_WAIT:wait 4 times!!
[ 1932.572206] WLAN_AUTHENTICATE_WAIT:wait 5 times!!
[ 1934.546352] Scanning 
[p\xffe9>\xffa1A\xffe1\xfffcg>\x01~\xff97\xffea\xffdck\xff96\xff8f8\*\xffec\xffb0;\xfffb2\xffaf\xffa1A\xffe1\xfffcg>\x01~\xff97\xffea\xffdck\xff96\xff8f8\*\xffec\xffb0;\xfffb2\xffaf 5000), lowering 
kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 25000
[  222.156147] Re-association timeout!!!
[  224.635240] AP(BSS) finding:Found a AP(BSS)..
[  224.679260] 802.11 Authen (OPEN) Successful.
[  225.677501] Association Successful, AID=2.
[  225.677527] Link with AP(SSID): Nerdbase
\xffb71X\xffa3Z%]\x05\x17X\xffe9^\xffd4\xffab\xffab\xffb2\xffcd\xffc6\xff9b\xff9b\xffb4T\x11\x0e\xff82tA!=\xffdc\xff87\xff87]
 not found, disconnected !

Any ideas whats goin on?
BR Florian

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-46.70

---
linux (3.5.0-46.70) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * UBUNTU: Disable abi and module checking due to broken modules being
disabled and we have bumped the abi.

linux (3.5.0-46.69) quantal; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * Release Tracking Bug
- LP: #1266857

  [ Sergey Popovich ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix proc entry leak in netns
destroy path
- LP: #1256988

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_VT6656
- LP: #162671

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert ima: policy for RAMFS
- LP: #1265562
  * netfilter: xt_recent: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix Store() when implicit conversion is not
possible.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: DeRefOf operator: Update to fully resolve FieldUnit and
BufferField refs.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: Return error if DerefOf resolves to a null package element.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: Fix for a Store-ArgX when ArgX contains a reference to a
field.
- LP: #1265562
  * aacraid: prevent invalid pointer dereference
- LP: #1265562
  * libertas: potential oops in debugfs
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: sa11x0/assabet: ensure CS2 is configured appropriately
- LP: #1265562
  * dm: allocate buffer for messages with small number of arguments using
GFP_NOIO
- LP: #1265562
  * ext4: avoid bh leak in retry path of ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea()
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/radeon/si: fix define for MC_SEQ_TRAIN_WAKEUP_CNTL
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Handle in-memory region copies
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Fix ttm_bo_move_memcpy
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Fix memory type compatibility check
- LP: #1265562
  * PM / hibernate: Avoid overflow in hibernate_preallocate_memory()
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: nand: hack ONFI for non-power-of-2 dimensions
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: map: fixed bug in 64-bit systems
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: m25p80: fix allocation size
- LP: #1265562
  * block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling
- LP: #1265562
  * blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails
- LP: #1265562
  * loop: fix crash if blk_alloc_queue fails
- LP: #1265562
  * block: fix a probe argument to blk_register_region
- LP: #1265562
  * block: properly stack underlying max_segment_size to DM device
- LP: #1265562
  * xen/blkback: fix reference counting
- LP: #1265562
  * loop: fix crash when using unassigned loop device
- LP: #1265562
  * SUNRPC: Fix a data corruption issue when retransmitting RPC calls
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: gpmi: fix kernel BUG due to racing DMA operations
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: msnd: Avoid duplicated driver name
- LP: #1265562
  * x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware
file as an error
- LP: #1265562
  * SUNRPC: Avoid deep recursion in rpc_release_client
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: hda - Don't clear the power state at snd_hda_codec_reset()
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: blackfin: Fix missing break
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/nouveau: when bailing out of a pushbuf ioctl, do not remove
previous fence
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: fsl: imx-pcm-fiq: omit fiq counter to avoid harm in unbalanced
situations
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: pcsp: Fix the order of input device unregistration
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: wm8962: Turn on regcache_cache_only before disabling regulator
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: integrator_cp: Set LCD{0,1} enable lines when turning on CLCD
- LP: #1265562
  * hwmon: (lm90) Fix max6696 alarm handling
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: cs42l52: Correct MIC CTL mask
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: OMAP2+: omap_device: maintain sane runtime pm status around
suspend/resume
- LP: #1265562
  * setfacl removes part of ACL when setting POSIX ACLs to Samba
- LP: #1265562
  * IB/ipath: Convert ipath_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use
get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix wrong assignment
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * mwifiex: correct packet length for packets from SDIO interface
- LP: #1265562
  * prism54: set netdev type to wlan
- LP: #1265562
  * selinux: correct locking in selinux_netlbl_socket_connect)
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: printk USER_AVC messages when audit isn't enabled
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: fix info leak in AUDIT_GET requests
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload length
- LP: #1265562
  * target: Fix 

[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-59.90

---
linux (3.2.0-59.90) precise; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * UBUNTU: Disable modules checking for armel and armhf for this
upload; the staging/tidspbridge has been disabled

linux (3.2.0-59.89) precise; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
- LP: #1266551

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Debian] Improve tools version message
- LP: #1257715

  [ Sergey Popovich ]

  * SAUCE: netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix proc entry leak in netns destroy
path
- LP: #1256988

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_VT6656
- LP: #162671

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * netfilter: xt_recent: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * selinux: correct locking in selinux_netlbl_socket_connect)
- LP: #1266546
  * NFSv4: Fix a use-after-free situation in _nfs4_proc_getlk()
- LP: #1266546
  * USB: mos7840: fix tiocmget error handling
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: Disable USB 2.0 Link PM before device reset.
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: hub: Clear Port Reset Change during init/resume
- LP: #1266546
  * rt2400pci: fix RSSI read
- LP: #1266546
  * rt2x00: check if device is still available on rt2x00mac_flush()
- LP: #1266546
  * alarmtimer: return EINVAL instead of ENOTSUPP if rtcdev doesn't exist
- LP: #1266546
  * USB：add new zte 3g-dongle's pid to option.c
- LP: #1266546
  * libata: Fix display of sata speed
- LP: #1266546
  * ahci: disabled FBS prior to issuing software reset
- LP: #1266546
  * drivers/libata: Set max sector to 65535 for Slimtype DVD A DS8A9SH
drive
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: 6fire: Fix probe of multiple cards
- LP: #1266546
  * ARM: sa11x0/assabet: ensure CS2 is configured appropriately
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: wusbcore: set the RPIPE wMaxPacketSize value correctly
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: wusbcore: change WA_SEGS_MAX to a legal value
- LP: #1266546
  * powerpc/vio: Fix modalias_show return values
- LP: #1266546
  * powerpc/vio: use strcpy in modalias_show
- LP: #1266546
  * dm: allocate buffer for messages with small number of arguments using
GFP_NOIO
- LP: #1266546
  * can: c_can: Fix RX message handling, handle lost message before EOB
- LP: #1266546
  * dm mpath: fix race condition between multipath_dtr and pg_init_done
- LP: #1266546
  * ext4: avoid bh leak in retry path of ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea()
- LP: #1266546
  * ASoC: ak4642: prevent un-necessary changes to SG_SL1
- LP: #1266546
  * ahci: Add Device IDs for Intel Wildcat Point-LP
- LP: #1266546
  * KVM: IOMMU: hva align mapping page size
- LP: #1266546
  * crypto: s390 - Fix aes-cbc IV corruption
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: printk USER_AVC messages when audit isn't enabled
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: fix info leak in AUDIT_GET requests
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload length
- LP: #1266546
  * drm/ttm: Fix memory type compatibility check
- LP: #1266546
  * PM / hibernate: Avoid overflow in hibernate_preallocate_memory()
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: hda - Add support for CX20952
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: nand: hack ONFI for non-power-of-2 dimensions
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: map: fixed bug in 64-bit systems
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: m25p80: fix allocation size
- LP: #1266546
  * qeth: avoid buffer overflow in snmp ioctl
- LP: #1266546
  * x86/apic: Disable I/O APIC before shutdown of the local APIC
- LP: #1266546
  * block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling
- LP: #1266546
  * blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails
- LP: #1266546
  * loop: fix crash if blk_alloc_queue fails
- LP: #1266546
  * block: fix a probe argument to blk_register_region
- LP: #1266546
  * SUNRPC: Fix a data corruption issue when retransmitting RPC calls
- LP: #1266546
  * IB/ipath: Convert ipath_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use
get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1266546
  * IB/qib: Convert qib_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix wrong assignment
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * mwifiex: correct packet length for packets from SDIO interface
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: gpmi: fix kernel BUG due to racing DMA operations
- LP: #1266546
  * prism54: set netdev type to wlan
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: msnd: Avoid duplicated driver name
- LP: #1266546
  * x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware
file as an error
- LP: #1266546
  * cris: 

[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-59.90

---
linux (3.2.0-59.90) precise; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * UBUNTU: Disable modules checking for armel and armhf for this
upload; the staging/tidspbridge has been disabled

linux (3.2.0-59.89) precise; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
- LP: #1266551

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Debian] Improve tools version message
- LP: #1257715

  [ Sergey Popovich ]

  * SAUCE: netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix proc entry leak in netns destroy
path
- LP: #1256988

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_VT6656
- LP: #162671

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * netfilter: xt_recent: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * selinux: correct locking in selinux_netlbl_socket_connect)
- LP: #1266546
  * NFSv4: Fix a use-after-free situation in _nfs4_proc_getlk()
- LP: #1266546
  * USB: mos7840: fix tiocmget error handling
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: Disable USB 2.0 Link PM before device reset.
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: hub: Clear Port Reset Change during init/resume
- LP: #1266546
  * rt2400pci: fix RSSI read
- LP: #1266546
  * rt2x00: check if device is still available on rt2x00mac_flush()
- LP: #1266546
  * alarmtimer: return EINVAL instead of ENOTSUPP if rtcdev doesn't exist
- LP: #1266546
  * USB：add new zte 3g-dongle's pid to option.c
- LP: #1266546
  * libata: Fix display of sata speed
- LP: #1266546
  * ahci: disabled FBS prior to issuing software reset
- LP: #1266546
  * drivers/libata: Set max sector to 65535 for Slimtype DVD A DS8A9SH
drive
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: 6fire: Fix probe of multiple cards
- LP: #1266546
  * ARM: sa11x0/assabet: ensure CS2 is configured appropriately
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: wusbcore: set the RPIPE wMaxPacketSize value correctly
- LP: #1266546
  * usb: wusbcore: change WA_SEGS_MAX to a legal value
- LP: #1266546
  * powerpc/vio: Fix modalias_show return values
- LP: #1266546
  * powerpc/vio: use strcpy in modalias_show
- LP: #1266546
  * dm: allocate buffer for messages with small number of arguments using
GFP_NOIO
- LP: #1266546
  * can: c_can: Fix RX message handling, handle lost message before EOB
- LP: #1266546
  * dm mpath: fix race condition between multipath_dtr and pg_init_done
- LP: #1266546
  * ext4: avoid bh leak in retry path of ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea()
- LP: #1266546
  * ASoC: ak4642: prevent un-necessary changes to SG_SL1
- LP: #1266546
  * ahci: Add Device IDs for Intel Wildcat Point-LP
- LP: #1266546
  * KVM: IOMMU: hva align mapping page size
- LP: #1266546
  * crypto: s390 - Fix aes-cbc IV corruption
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: printk USER_AVC messages when audit isn't enabled
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: fix info leak in AUDIT_GET requests
- LP: #1266546
  * audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload length
- LP: #1266546
  * drm/ttm: Fix memory type compatibility check
- LP: #1266546
  * PM / hibernate: Avoid overflow in hibernate_preallocate_memory()
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: hda - Add support for CX20952
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: nand: hack ONFI for non-power-of-2 dimensions
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: map: fixed bug in 64-bit systems
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: m25p80: fix allocation size
- LP: #1266546
  * qeth: avoid buffer overflow in snmp ioctl
- LP: #1266546
  * x86/apic: Disable I/O APIC before shutdown of the local APIC
- LP: #1266546
  * block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling
- LP: #1266546
  * blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails
- LP: #1266546
  * loop: fix crash if blk_alloc_queue fails
- LP: #1266546
  * block: fix a probe argument to blk_register_region
- LP: #1266546
  * SUNRPC: Fix a data corruption issue when retransmitting RPC calls
- LP: #1266546
  * IB/ipath: Convert ipath_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use
get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1266546
  * IB/qib: Convert qib_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix wrong assignment
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1266546
  * mwifiex: correct packet length for packets from SDIO interface
- LP: #1266546
  * mtd: gpmi: fix kernel BUG due to racing DMA operations
- LP: #1266546
  * prism54: set netdev type to wlan
- LP: #1266546
  * ALSA: msnd: Avoid duplicated driver name
- LP: #1266546
  * x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware
file as an error
- LP: #1266546
  * cris: 

[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-46.70

---
linux (3.5.0-46.70) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * UBUNTU: Disable abi and module checking due to broken modules being
disabled and we have bumped the abi.

linux (3.5.0-46.69) quantal; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * Release Tracking Bug
- LP: #1266857

  [ Sergey Popovich ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix proc entry leak in netns
destroy path
- LP: #1256988

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_VT6656
- LP: #162671

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert ima: policy for RAMFS
- LP: #1265562
  * netfilter: xt_recent: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix namespace destroy path
- LP: #1256988
  * ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix Store() when implicit conversion is not
possible.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: DeRefOf operator: Update to fully resolve FieldUnit and
BufferField refs.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: Return error if DerefOf resolves to a null package element.
- LP: #1265562
  * ACPICA: Fix for a Store-ArgX when ArgX contains a reference to a
field.
- LP: #1265562
  * aacraid: prevent invalid pointer dereference
- LP: #1265562
  * libertas: potential oops in debugfs
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: sa11x0/assabet: ensure CS2 is configured appropriately
- LP: #1265562
  * dm: allocate buffer for messages with small number of arguments using
GFP_NOIO
- LP: #1265562
  * ext4: avoid bh leak in retry path of ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea()
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/radeon/si: fix define for MC_SEQ_TRAIN_WAKEUP_CNTL
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Handle in-memory region copies
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Fix ttm_bo_move_memcpy
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/ttm: Fix memory type compatibility check
- LP: #1265562
  * PM / hibernate: Avoid overflow in hibernate_preallocate_memory()
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: nand: hack ONFI for non-power-of-2 dimensions
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: map: fixed bug in 64-bit systems
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: m25p80: fix allocation size
- LP: #1265562
  * block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling
- LP: #1265562
  * blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails
- LP: #1265562
  * loop: fix crash if blk_alloc_queue fails
- LP: #1265562
  * block: fix a probe argument to blk_register_region
- LP: #1265562
  * block: properly stack underlying max_segment_size to DM device
- LP: #1265562
  * xen/blkback: fix reference counting
- LP: #1265562
  * loop: fix crash when using unassigned loop device
- LP: #1265562
  * SUNRPC: Fix a data corruption issue when retransmitting RPC calls
- LP: #1265562
  * mtd: gpmi: fix kernel BUG due to racing DMA operations
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: msnd: Avoid duplicated driver name
- LP: #1265562
  * x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware
file as an error
- LP: #1265562
  * SUNRPC: Avoid deep recursion in rpc_release_client
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: hda - Don't clear the power state at snd_hda_codec_reset()
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: blackfin: Fix missing break
- LP: #1265562
  * drm/nouveau: when bailing out of a pushbuf ioctl, do not remove
previous fence
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: fsl: imx-pcm-fiq: omit fiq counter to avoid harm in unbalanced
situations
- LP: #1265562
  * ALSA: pcsp: Fix the order of input device unregistration
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: wm8962: Turn on regcache_cache_only before disabling regulator
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: integrator_cp: Set LCD{0,1} enable lines when turning on CLCD
- LP: #1265562
  * hwmon: (lm90) Fix max6696 alarm handling
- LP: #1265562
  * ASoC: cs42l52: Correct MIC CTL mask
- LP: #1265562
  * ARM: OMAP2+: omap_device: maintain sane runtime pm status around
suspend/resume
- LP: #1265562
  * setfacl removes part of ACL when setting POSIX ACLs to Samba
- LP: #1265562
  * IB/ipath: Convert ipath_user_sdma_pin_pages() to use
get_user_pages_fast()
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix wrong assignment
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP
- LP: #1265562
  * mwifiex: correct packet length for packets from SDIO interface
- LP: #1265562
  * prism54: set netdev type to wlan
- LP: #1265562
  * selinux: correct locking in selinux_netlbl_socket_connect)
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: printk USER_AVC messages when audit isn't enabled
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: fix info leak in AUDIT_GET requests
- LP: #1265562
  * audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload length
- LP: #1265562
  * target: Fix 

[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Brad Figg]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves
the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the
results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-
precise' to 'verification-done-precise'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will
be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how
to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!


** Tags added: verification-needed-precise

** Tags added: verification-needed-quantal

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Brad Figg]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves
the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the
results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-
quantal' to 'verification-done-quantal'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will
be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how
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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

No problems reported on Quantal 3.5.0-46-generic

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Status: In Progress = Fix Committed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
   Status: In Progress = Fix Committed

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

Tim,

Why does this driver continues to be disabled in Precise and Quantal ?

There no problems with the current stable release kernels.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
   Status: Won't Fix = In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Status: Won't Fix = In Progress

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

Florian,

The driver has been in the kernel since 2.6.35 and there is no reason to
remove it.

It was broken around 2.6.37 for i386 users.

So Maverick on i386 always worked.

Natty(2.6.38) is broken.

Oneiric(3.0) was broken and now fixed on i386 and  x86_64 updated the
latest stable kernel. Although you can't do a fresh install on 64 from
an old ISO.

Precise and Quantal(3.2/3.5) the kernel driver is deliberately not built
on Ubuntu.

Raring(3.8) the driver is built.

As the driver is in staging it is not maintained by linux wireless.

So breaks could happen again, but all the critial bugs have been fixed.

However, I will keep an eye on it.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[flohack]

Malcolm,

thanks this worked so far. But what will the future be for this driver?
Is there a chance that it will survive?


regards Florian

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[flohack]

Joe and others,

I own a small netbook since some years with exactly this nice piece of
hardware. After each upgrade it was the same messy thing to somehow get
VIA's code compiling, loading and not breaking the system.

Then somehow I saw light at the end of the tunnel, as I noticed the
driver is in staging now. I happily started to use kernel 2.6.32 and I
started to forget about this issue.

Until today, when I noticed that after my upgrade to 12.04 my WLAN is
gone again. sigh. Nightmares came back. How can this be, the kernel is
now 3.2.x and slowly the community should make up its mind, do we
support this crappy piece of hardware or not? I could accept a denial
for this thingy, but please, do not make it first work, and then break
it again...

Anyway, Joe, I followed your instructions, and they do not work for me.
No error, compilation successful, driver loads (lsmod), but no reaction.
No output, no eth1, its just stuck in the memory. Does anyone have an
idea?

kind regards Florian

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

To get it working on 3.2, you need to take a snap shot of the stable 3.2
kernel.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
stable.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/vt6656;h=adfc9e293de7c6338723e43a6f01b8a05084c72a;hb=cd1b44e9d1843228414295e843ef208a72c44b58

and follow Joes instructions.

or modify the very bottom of main_usb.c in the upstream version as
follows;

static int __init vt6656_init_module(void)
{
return usb_register(vt6656_driver);
}

static void __exit vt6656_cleanup_module(void)
{
usb_deregister(vt6656_driver);
}

module_init(vt6656_init_module);
module_exit(vt6656_cleanup_module);

//module_usb_driver(vt6656_driver);


Don't forget to comment out the last line, and compile again.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Joe Clifford]

Fabulous work indeed Malcolm! Many thanks for your hard work. I'm
posting this using the new driver from linux-next on Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64
kernel 3.5.0-23-generic :)

Quick instructions to compile it yourselves peoples (similar to my
instructions posted in this bug report a few years ago):

1. install build tools:  sudo apt-get install build-essential 
linux-headers-`uname -r`
2. download driver source from linux-next branch:  go to 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/vt6656
 and click 'snapshot'
3. unarchive the file you just downloaded:  tar -xzf 
wireless-next-12c2ce4.tar.gz (or similarly named archive)
4. change directory to the vt6656 source files you've just unarchived:  cd 
wireless-next-12c2ce4
5. edit the Makefile using nano or your favourite text editor - comment out the 
last line:  #obj-$(CONFIG_VT6656) +=vt6656_stage.o
6. add a new line to the bottom of the Makefile and save it:  obj-m = 
vt6656_stage.o
7. build the driver:  make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` modules
8. make a new directory for the driver in the kernel modules directory:   sudo 
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/staging/vt6656
9. copy the new driver to the kernel modules directory:  sudo cp 
vt6656_stage.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/staging/vt6656/
10. 'do' a depmod:  sudo depmod -a
11. reboot and enjoy (whilst singing praise for the developers :)

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Jorge Juan]

Hi!

Thanks for the great job Malcolm. So many of us have been waiting for a
long time to get our netbooks working.

What is the best way to test the driver for precise? This is not yet in
3.2.0-38 for precise (from proposed). An already compiled kernel
including vt6566.ko would be great.

Thanks,

jorge.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

The driver is now fixed and functioning on all platforms on stable
kernels from

3.2.38 for precise and 3.5.7.5 for quantal.

Also, the lastest stable kernels  on 3.0, 3.4 and 3.7.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

Probably won't get fixed in Quantal.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Status: In Progress = Won't Fix

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

Probably won't get fixed in Precise

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
   Status: Fix Committed = Won't Fix

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
   Status: In Progress = Fix Released

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

The deadlocks in the 64 bit driver have been found.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/?submitter=8383

I prefer to keep them in the next tree for now, hopefully, they will go
upstream in kernel 3.8

As expected, the 64 bit v3.7-rc4-raring hangs without the patch;
staging: vt6656: [BUG] out of bound array reference in RFbSetPower

I understand 12.04.2 is on kernel 3.5 which is end of life, it will need
seperate patch submission.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

It is unlikely that this driver will be fixed for the 12.04.2 point
release. In the meantime I've enabled it for 13.04 which you can install
from  (for example) http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
ppa/mainline/v3.7-rc4-raring/

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Ramon Ziai]

Good to see some development here! I assume the fix will be shipped with
12.04.2. Is there a way one can get it before that?

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

All versions of 64 bit kernels have never and will not work mainly due
to sizeof long issues.

If the driver is compiled for 64 bit this patch stop the driver hanging.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git;a=commit;h=ab1dd9963137a1e122004d5378a581bf16ae9bc8

At the moment the patch is only in the staging-next tree, once it is
uptream I will forward to stable.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

Malcom - which versions of the kernel have 64 bit issues ? If you posted
to stable, then I assume it was fixed at some point.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Malcolm Priestley]

I have been doing some work on this driver recently.

Patches to get this driver up and running again on x86 are slowly
filtering down the stable kernels.

However, the driver on 64 bit should be blacklisted, the driver does not
work and will hang on probing. A patch to fix the hang has been posted
to next/stable.

I have got the driver running on 64 bit with unsecured connections but
there is still a nasty deadlock on with wpa supplicant.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Ramon Ziai]

Can someone explain to me why the vt6656_stage module was silently
dropped after oneiric? Debian has this driver in *all* of its current
distributions, from stable to experimental. I'm usually not the
complaining type, but here's a hardware issue preventing people from
using Ubuntu and the devs apparently care more about integrating stuff
like Angry Birds into the desktop. No wonder people are moving to
different distros. I'm seriously thinking about switching to Mint or
even Debian.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Tim Gardner]

** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Unknown
 Assignee: Forest Bond (forest-bond)
   Status: Won't Fix

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Wishlist
 Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team)
   Status: Fix Released

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
   Status: New = Fix Committed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
 Assignee: (unassigned) = Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Status: New = In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
 Assignee: (unassigned) = Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
   Status: Fix Released = In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
 Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) = Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Precise)
   Status: New = Invalid

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Status: New = Invalid

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu Raring)
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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Benjamín Burgos V .]

Drivers dont run in 11.04. It's frustrating 'cause many itx motherboards
came with this chipset. Mine in particular, is an Zotac GT9300-K-E and
wifi USB module (internal) have this Via chip.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Forest Bond]

Peter, are you on a 64 bit system?  The driver has known issues with 64
bit systems.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Peter Wagner]

@Forest Bond: The driver was never working for me. I think i tried
karmic maverick and natty

Wondering how Ramon managed to et it work under maverick, as he writes
in the new bug report...

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Ramon Ziai]

The but above was scheduled for removal due to incompleteness, so I
opened a new one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/813200

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[whoward]

New bug report :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/808789

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whoward: Please open a new bug to report the regression.

Peter: Was the driver previously working for you?  There are known
issues with this driver on 64 bit systems.

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[Peter Wagner]

Has anyone got this to work for either maverick or natty? I cannot even search 
for reachable networks, i always get the
'Invalid argument' error.
Maybe this bug should be reopened?

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[whoward]

See this thread :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1748355page=3

There are issues with the vt6656_stage driver and kernel version
2.6.38-8.  The vt6656_stage driver does not work with 11.04.

I just installed 11.04 on the same laptop was previously working with a
version of Ubuntu Netbook Edtion.

Either this bug or another should be opened for this.

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Maverick is shipping the staging/vt6656 driver.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Status: Triaged = Fix Released

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[Christopher Robert Thorn]

I have Zotac GF9300-I-E motherboard with VT6656 internal usb wireless
module and Intel Pentium E5300 processor.  Wireless internet access
works perfectly using the Kubuntu 10.10 32bit Live CD!  However when I
try the Kubuntu 10.10 64bit Live CD, kernel panic occurs (numlock 
capslock keyboard lights flashing).  The 64bit Live CD will run if I
type nousb as a boot option, but of course I have no usb!  Then I
tried a full install of Kubuntu 10.10 using the Alternate 64bit CD -
this installs successfully, but kernel panic occurs at startup.  Again,
I can add nousb as a boot option but this defeats the objective, and
no mouse (GF9300 board only caters for usb mouse).  Frustrating as I
would really like to have 64bit Kubuntu and make full use of my 4Gb
memory.

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[Nicolas Laurencin]

Hi Everyone. I don't know if anyone is interested but here is my 2 cents about 
the resume from sleep issue with the vntwusb compiled from 1.20.3 on 9.10 
32bits.
Basically when the system wakes up and the modules are reloaded, the usb port 
is made available to vntwusb, which then assigns it a network interface (eth1 
or whatever), and then the usb device is reset (from looking at dmesg). Problem 
is that by that time NetworkManager has already restarted. And it seems that 
when the this happens, NetworkManager loses track of the device. I know a 
simple restart network-manager does the trick but that's not good enough.
As a comparison, in a normal boot, NetworkManager is started a long time after 
the modules have been loaded, so the usb device is ready and waiting.

So for me, while waiting for a better solution, I have edited the
following file to introduce a (small) delay in waking up NetworkManager
from suspend: the file is /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager and
in the resume_nm section I have a introduced the following line BEFORE
the dbus_send: sleep 0.5. That way when NetworkManager wakes up the
module/device pair is ready. Your mileage may vary and it might be that
for some people the 0.5 needs to be longer or can be even shorter.

Otherwise the module functions quite well, if a bit slow at connecting
to my WPA2 network.

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[ati]

I compile the stage driver from
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/vt6656;h=b6bbb56e85b8c1b57a81b405e77297df3d60335d;hb=HEAD
on my zotac 9300 wifi with linux mint helena 8 64 bit (Ubuntu 9.10)
with john cliffords patched makefile. I can compile the driver but if i
try to install it (insmod) the whole system freezes, only a reboot will
help.

Sorry, i can't give further informations or error messages. Doesn't find
anything useful in /var/log/messages or syslog.

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[Colin King]

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Status: In Progress = Triaged

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: Jim Lieb (lieb) = Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team)

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[ati]

I tried the VIA driver 1.20.3 on my Zotac 9300 ITX WiFi  with Linux Mint
8 Helena 64 bit edition (based on Ubuntu 9.10).

I can compile the driver without errors, but after i install the driver
it seems it doesn't work right. No wireless networks are detected, i'm
only able to connect to hidden networks but a connection was never
established.

Programms i used to configure wireless networks:

 - Network Manager Applet 0.7.996
 - ndiswrapper 1.9

Have anyone else the same problems?

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[caius75it]

Hi Guys,
I've tried compiling 1.20.3 driver source code on my 9.10 karmic 64 bit 
(2.6.31-16-generic) and even if compilation ad installation seems to  work 
without errors, it doens't work (no wireless network are detected).
I've tried building the .deb package with checkinstall and then installing 
just the module.


Any ideas???

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[flohack]

Guys,

just wanted to add that VIA itself has released an update (1.20.3),
which works fo me with 9.10:
http://www.viaarena.com/displaydrivers.aspx?PageID=1OSID=25CatID=2590SubCatID=176
- despite they claim its only for 9.04. Maybe this helps anyone who
cannot wait for the kernel driver :)

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[whoward]

Dear Joe,

Your instructions worked perfectly.  I'm now running Ubuntu Netbook
Remix 9.10, with the 2.6.31-16-generic kernel on a Kogan E10-02 netbook
with wireless networking enabled and running.

Thanks,


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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Joe Clifford]

By popular request; how to compile the vt6656 driver for 32 bit Ubuntu
9.10:

These instructions are only for the default 32 bit kernel on x86 Ubuntu
9.10 as provided in the Ubuntu repositories!!

1. Grab the snapshot of the vt6656 driver from the kernel git tree. I
will not provide a direct link but please go to
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/vt6656;h=b6bbb56e85b8c1b57a81b405e77297df3d60335d;hb=HEAD
and then click 'snapshot' and you will be able to download a tar.gz file
containing all the vt6656 source files.

2. Decompress the resultant file (tar -xzf) - you should be left with a
'linux-2.6' folder. 'cd' into this directory.

3. Modify the Makefile in this folder to allow compiling the vt6656
kernel module outside of the main the kernel source. See my attached
Makefile.

4. Ensure the 'build-essential' package is installed via 'Synaptic
Package Manager'.

5. Execute the make command. You will see a couple of compile errors but
no failures that prevent the module from compiling.

6. Follow my original instructions in post #50 to copy the vt6656 kernel
module to the correct place. Obviously if you are running the new
2.6.31-16-generic kernel then you will need to edit my instructions
above to reflect this. (You could actually run 'depmod -a' before
'insmod' and then use 'modprobe' instead of 'insmod' which may be a
safer way of installing the driver.)

Voila!

I can confirm that it works in the new 2.6.31-16-generic kernel, for me
at least, and 9 times out of 10 will re-associate after resume from
standby.

Happy holidays!


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I should add that you MUST be running and booted up using the kernel
version you want to compile the driver for. The Makefile requires this.

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[Siva]

Joe,
 Thanks for sharing your kernel module. It works fine for me on 2.6.31-15 
kernel.

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[benbois]

Hi all,

Any news about the 64 bits version?

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[Ximosoft]

Hi everyone,
I tried compiling myself vt6656 driver  and install it. But when I up the 
interface, as soon as dhcp request return an ip, brings a ...Kernel panic - ot 
syncing: stack protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in:  . I tried too the 
precompiled driver up to this post, but with the same result. Anyone know why?

BTW, I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 minimal, on a Zotac 9300 ITX, and kernel
version 2.6.31-14-generic.

Thank you in advance.

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[James Pond]

Hello everybody,

I just tried the module provided by Joe Clifford, and it works fine! I'm
currently writing this post over Wifi instead of Ethernet.

I'm using a Zotac 630i-Wifi motherboard which seems to ship with the
same Wifi module than the Zotac GeForce 9300; lsusb states the same ID
160a:3184.

OK now I will reboot just to see if everything still works thereafter.
In any case, good work everybody!

JP

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Hi, it's me again. Still no problem, works fine after reboot, the
wireless network has been automatically reconnected at startup. :-)

So far, so good.

JP

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[Joe Clifford]

Glad it has been of use to somebody! I may have spoken a little too soon
with regards to it re-associating after resume from S3 sleep. Usually it
works but sometimes it doesn't. The fix (if it doesn't re-associate) is
to restart NetworkManager:

:~$sudo service network-manager restart

I've not worked out why it does this yet (or I'm not clever enough!) but
suspect that the new driver will play a lot nicer with GNOME
NetworkManager.

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[Jim Lieb]

@crashmx,  the invalid format is a build error.  Something is out of sync.  Joe 
is also right wrt a 64 bit
version.  Both of these Via drivers have this problem -- caused by sloppy 
Windows style data declarations
and assumptions.

There is another driver in progress for this (usb) part.  It is not
ready for prime time yet but it is a cleaner, more standard design.
They are using these drivers as reference but started from scratch.  I'm
moving my efforts to that driver once I spring free the time.

Jim

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 @crashmx:
Are you using a default install of 32 bit Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic? I'm pretty sure 
this module won't work on a 64 bit install. It works fine for me on a fresh and 
unmodified 32 bit install with no error messages at all.

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[crashmx]

Hi everybody

@Joe Clifford :
I've tried your command line but I've stopped at this step because the 
following command : 
sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/extra/vt6656_stage.ko
return 
error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/extra/vt6656_stage.ko': -1 
Invalid module format

I've no idea of the reason of this error and I'm newbie in linux and in Ubuntu 
in particuliar.
May be you also view this error message ?
Have you got some idea or advice ?

Thanks for your add and your helpful.

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[Joe Clifford]

USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! I thought this may be of help to certain
members and I apologise profusely if this is stepping on anyone's toes;
it is a very hackish way of getting wireless to work for me. I managed
to compile the vt6656_stage driver for Ubuntu karmic 9.10 default x86
kernel version 2.6.31-14-generic and am currently using it to submit
this comment. By downloading a snapshot of the vt6656_stage driver
straight from the kernel git tree a couple of days ago I was able to
compile the module outside the main kernel source. Many thanks go to the
developers and maintainers of this driver without whom I'd be a lot
worse off!

I have a Zotac 9300 mini-ITX motherboard with the included VIA USB
wireless card (ID 160a:3184). I have a WPA2 wireless access point using
mixed AES/TKIP encryption. It does take some time for the VIA card to
associate but it always does eventually. It also re-associates after
resume from S3 sleep.

I have attached the kernel module. I installed it as follows:

:~$mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/extra
:-$sudo cp vt6656_stage.ko /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/extra/
:-$sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/extra/vt6656_stage.ko
:-$sudo depmod -a
:-$sudo service network-manager restart

Associated dmesg output is this:

[4.406871] VIA Networking Wireless LAN USB Driver 1.19_12
[4.406885] VIA Networking Wireless LAN USB Driver Ver. 1.19_12
[4.406887] Copyright (c) 2004 VIA Networking Technologies, Inc.
[4.657148] usbcore: registered new interface driver vt6656
[7.168591] Config_FileOperation file Not exist
[7.434483] Zone=[2][E][U]!!
[   45.903500] AP(BSS) finding:Found a AP(BSS)..
[   45.936144] 802.11 Authen (OPEN) Successful.
[   45.950764] Association Successful, AID=2.
[   45.950769] Link with AP(SSID): binker


I can give instructions to anyone who wants to attempt to compile this driver 
themselves.

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[Jochen]

The  vt6656_stage driver can be found in the special staging section of
the (vanilla) Kernel. The Kernel I used was manually compiled from the
kernel git sources on git.kernel.org. No current ubuntu kernel ships
with this module as far as I know.

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@Jochen.  i have the 2.6.32rc5 kernel.  how did you install the staging
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The staging Driver (vt6656_stage) from the current git (Version 
2.6.32-rc5-00081-g964fe08) works for me.
I'm using a WPA2 secured wlan.  I did not test wpa or mixed wpa mode 
(wpa+wpa2).  The driver fails to associate to the AP after suspending. Trying 
unload it after the resume segfaults rmmod.

Mixed mode failed with the old vntwusb driver (using kernel 2.6.28),
WPA2 alone worked.

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[Siva]

I have the latest Karmic beta installed on a Zotac 9300 ITX based system. 
What is the best way to get the Wifi working?

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[Jorge Juan]

If your system is i386 you may try the easy instruction in this blog
post:

http://tinkabit.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/soporte-en-debianubuntu-para-
wifi-via-vt6656-point-of-view-mobii-10/

Good luck.

jorge.

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[Siva]

Jorge,
 The PPA package failed with the following errors. I am going to try installing 
the 2.6.32 kernel.

Selecting previously deselected package vntwusb-dkms.
(Reading database ... 137845 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vntwusb-dkms (from .../vntwusb-dkms_1.19.12~ppa1_all.deb) ...
Setting up vntwusb-dkms (1.19.12~ppa1) ...
Loading new vntwusb-1.19.12 DKMS files...

Loading tarball for module: vntwusb / version: 1.19.12

Loading /usr/src/vntwusb-1.19.12...
Loading /var/lib/dkms/vntwusb/1.19.12/2.6.28-11-generic/x86_64...
Creating /var/lib/dkms/vntwusb/1.19.12/source symlink...

DKMS: ldtarball Completed.
Installing prebuilt kernel module binaries (if any)
Building module...

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area
su nobody -c make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.31-12-generic(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.31-12-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/vntwusb/1.19.12/build/ for more information.
0
0
dpkg: error processing vntwusb-dkms (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Processing triggers for man-db ...
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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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There is another driver effort, one from scratch for the VT6656 usb
part, that is attempting to be included in 2.6.32.  This will be later
than Karmic's schedule and there is nothing publicly available at this
time.  There is no plan by that group to do a driver for the mini-pci
part (VT6655).  Is there any interest among the reporters for this bug
for support for the mini-pci part?

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[hal2k1]

I've tried compiling this driver with kernel 2.6.31 and it's not
possible at the moment.

@Matthew Tompsett

In post #29 on this thread it is explained that this code has been taken
up by the Linux kernel team working on drivers, and that there is a
working version of this driver (works for 32 bit only apparently) in the
kernel staging area.

I suppose this means this driver won't be available in Karmic, unless
someone patches it.

Someone is patching it. That is exactly what the staging area of kernel
development is for.

In post #31 there is a comment from the maintainer promising to provide
a compiled version for Karmic for testing purposes once the code has
been cleaned up satisfactorily.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@Matthew
  As lak2kl1 says, it does have problems.  I have committed a number of patches 
so far to linux-next but these have not made it back down to .31 and/or karmic 
yet.  I have it compiling on 64 bit .31 (with a lot of bugfixes) but it still 
has problems with pci+device initialization.  I am working on it but also have 
higher priority ubuntu work that pushes it aside.  We are making progress and 
my next set of commits should have something that I can say actually works to 
some degree.

@benbois
WRT wpa, there was a patch upstream to disable it because it oops'd the kernel 
with a null pointer reference.  No surprise there.  I fixed a few agregeous 
examples in the current pci work, one of them in the wpa device setup.  Whether 
I got that particular one is hard to say.   How it worked before I got it is 
beyond me...  Without WPA working, this is pretty much worthless so it will 
work, someday.  Right now, I've got chip init issues to fix.

Thank you for your interest.

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@Jim Lieb
Thanks for your reply and work. 
As my system is now 64 bits (ubuntu 9.04), I've to wait for a worked 64 bits 
driver version with WPA enable.
But, of course I'm staying tester for what you want!

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[Matthew Tompsett]

I've tried compiling this driver with kernel 2.6.31 and it's not
possible at the moment. And googling it seems that other people are also
experiencing this problem. I suppose this means this driver won't be
available in Karmic, unless someone patches it.

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Hi,

I compiled the driver from 
http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VT6656_Linux_src_v1.19_12_x86.zip on kernel 
2.6.28-14 with success.
Wireless card is now loaded by the kernel but I can't join a WAP2 protected 
wlan.

Do you have any suggestion?

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Jim Lieb]

benbois,
  There was a patch in the upstream that disabled this because it was address 
faulting the driver.  I am in the process of cleaning up the pci and memory 
addressing to fix 32 bit'isms etc. which are probably responsible.  My intent 
once I get thru this bit of overhaul and get it to run on my own systems is to 
put together a kernel package for you and others to test.  Stay tuned.

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[benbois]

@Jim Lieb

Thanks for your reply!
You mean that WPA doesn't work at the moment even with the patched driver?
In fact, I did find patch here :-)

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[benbois]

Hi all,

I bought a ZOTAC GEFORCE 9300 - ITX WIFI Motherboard with an integrated VIA 
VT6656 wireless controller (inside the box with an internal usb cable - 
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16642).
The OS is Ubuntu 32bits at the moment.

I'm ready to be beta-tester, let me know how to proceed!

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@ Jim Lieb

It does seem to compile and run reasonably well in 32 bit but the
version you built is not 64 bit safe. I have cleaned up a number of
those issues now and we are regularly committing changes upstream. As
soon as I have a reasonably stable 32/64 bit driver running, I will try
a backport into 10.4 (whereever it may be at the time). I will
definitely keep you on my list of testers.

The hardware that I have is a netbook. It uses an Intel Atom CPU, and
although the VT6656 chip is a USB device, it is not removable from the
interior of the netbook. I'd imagine that this is not an unusual usage
of this chip.

This means that I personally will be unable to test the 64-bit version
of the driver on my hardware. I am however keen to help if I can with
testing of the 32-bit version.

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Re: [Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@hal2k1

 The hardware that I have is a netbook. It uses an Intel Atom CPU, and
 although the VT6656 chip is a USB device, it is not removable from the
 interior of the netbook. I'd imagine that this is not an unusual usage
 of this chip.

Can you tell me which model the netbook is?

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@ Forest Bond

Can you tell me which model the netbook is?

The Kogan Agora, or the Kogan Agora Pro.

http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-agora-netbook-pro/

I bought the Pro version because it came with Linux (no microsoft tax)
and it was the cheapest 10-inch netbook in my country, and I got 2GB RAM
with it.  I grew tired of the default gOS (slow), so I installed an
updated Kubuntu version.

If it runs one version of Ubuntu, it should run another was my
thinking.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@Jim Lieb

I got it to compile in staging in our ubuntu-karmic git.

...

As for carrying this in Karmic, we prefer that the driver at least be
on its way out of staging before we consider it for inclusion. This
keeps the not-inconsiderable maintenance cost of an non-mainstream patch
and its churn to a minimum. Drivers/modules that come into the kernel
this way also don't get lost as we rebase the kernel at each release
cycle. I think the best way forward is for the developer to take this
input, generate patches to staging to get it moving forward into a
mainline merge. We can help with that effort by providing input/review.
I do not have this device so I can't really test it myself.

I have a netbook that uses this device, and I previously downloaded the source 
from:
http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VT6656_Linux_src_v1.19_12_x86.zip
and compiled it using checkinstall under Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). That worked 
well enough, but of course there was a need to re-compile it every time the 
kernel changed.

I have recently loaded as a trial Kubuntu Karmic alpha 3 netbook image.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-netbook/daily-live/current/
I used Unetbootin with the .iso image file, and I was able to boot the netbook 
machine from a USB stick. Just about the only thing that didn't work straight 
away was of course the wireless, because of this VT6656 chip.

The source code version above that worked on Jaunty doesn't compile
under Karmic.

Anyway, since I have the hardware, and I have Karmic alpha 3 installed,
I am willing to test it on Karmic and provide logs of whatever happens,
but I would need git CLI instructions posted here first on how I would
go about compiling and installing this driver from the kernel staging
area.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@hal2kl,
Since my last comment, we have received some hardware and are in active work 
pounding this code into submittable shape.  It does seem to compile and run 
reasonably well in 32 bit but the version you built is not 64 bit safe.  I have 
cleaned up a number of those issues now and we are regularly committing changes 
upstream.  As soon as I have a reasonably stable 32/64 bit driver running, I 
will try a backport into 10.4 (whereever it may be at the time).  I will 
definitely keep you on my list of testers.  At that point, I will supply a 
kernel package so you don't have to do your own compiles.  Stay tuned.

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[gamgee911]

has anyone gotten this to work in 64 bit 9.04?  I've tried compiling and
I've tried ndiswrapper on the 64 bit xp drivers with no luck.  really
frustrating :P

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[gamgee911]

gdm freezes after installing the driver.  attached is my make and make
install output if anyone thinks that'd help

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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@gamgee911,
Cleaning up the 64 bit issues is a work in progress.  No, it won't be available 
for 9.04 and it is questionable whether it can make it into 9.10.  A reasonably 
working driver is still floating about in the driver staging dir of the 
linux-next tree and it is not ready for prime time.  There is active work, it 
is just not done yet.  We will let you know when there is a kernel package to 
test.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Jim Lieb]

@Forrest,
I get the bug because I am on the kernel team and we get *all* of these 
things... ;)

I got it to compile in staging in our ubuntu-karmic git.  It would not compile 
for 64 bit .31rc2 because the code fell into
 the sizeof(int) == sizeof(void *) trap.  I fixed these by using the support 
fctns and macros.  I have attached the diff of what I have done so far.  This 
builds on amd64 now which is crucial for moving from staging to mainline.

In looking at the driver style, it would appear that there is an attempt
to have a common code base for a number of O/S platforms.  Is this true?
Is there a VIA business reason for this?  I don't have a personal
preference one way or the other and VIA may have a good business reasons
but this can be an impediment to its acceptance.  I ran checkpatch.pl
against this driver and it generated ~ 20-30k errors/warnings.  I've
coded C for a very long time and have seen lots of styles come and go
so I am reluctant to dictate to someone else where the curly brackets
*must* go but I suggest that it would be easier on inclusion if the
author or maintainer gets this more in line with the Linux coding
standard.  I scanned thru the checkpatch output and C99 comments and
indent/tab are the bulk of the 98k+ lines of error/warning followed by
typedef usage that the kernel maintainers strongly discourage.  The C99
comments and indent style can be easily changed by a sed script and one
of the numerous prettyprint formatters.  The result would be able to
go through more compilers and become more acceptable to the developer
community.  Some of these typedef'd structures mimic already defined
ones in the rest of the driver tree and are therefore compatibility mis-
match candidates at a later date.   One of the reasons Linus and the
core maintainers descourage this practice is it is a source of silent
incompatibility breakage when the surrounding kernel code evolves.  If
these could be shifted to use the shared definitions in the same way
that I made changes in the diff, the code would retain better
portability as the rest of the kernel evolves.  If you look closely at
the definition of skb_reset_mac_header, you will see what I mean.  This
transparently handles a space optimization on 64 bit kernels that
converts  a pointer usage to an offset+base pointer.  This is what broke
the non-ia32 builds.  There is also some dead code (for various reasons)
that should probably be trimmed.  If there is an engineering/business
reason for accomodating more O/S environments/APIs than Linux, this
could be re-factored to get the common code more in one place.  The re-
definition of various kernel APIs to add another level of definition re-
direction to get this cross-O/S is a prime example where it would be
better to refactor into O/S specific and common code modules and keep
the *real* interfaces as-is.  It has been my experience that using this
coding style to get cross platform portability is not as successful as a
re-factor.  If cross-platform is not really an issue, it would be best
to strip this extra out completely.

I also fixed a potential suspend bug where the error return was not
being propagated back.  I have a FIXME comment in the resume to flag a
similar problem.  This is a place holder that I was going to come back
to once I got the core work done.  One of the biggest suspend/resume
issues we encounter is breakage in wireless drivers.  Having this work
properly is very important.  Getting the style issues resolved, or at
least mitigated, helps because other developers are reluctant to plod
through code that is unnecessarily different from the Linux norm and we
will need their help with the inevitable new bugs once this driver goes
live.

As for carrying this in Karmic, we prefer that the driver at least be
on its way out of staging before we consider it for inclusion.  This
keeps the not-inconsiderable maintenance cost of an non-mainstream patch
and its churn to a minimum.  Drivers/modules that come into the kernel
this way also don't get lost as we rebase the kernel at each release
cycle.  I think the best way forward is for the developer to take this
input, generate patches to staging to get it moving forward into a
mainline merge.  We can help with that effort by providing input/review.
I do not have this device so I can't really test it myself.  We will
obviously help shepherd the patch into Ubuntu at the appropriate time.
Keep me posted on progress through this bug.  I can continue helping
with integration at this end.  I would also encourage the developer to
get a Launchpad account and be part of the conversation.

Jim

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Re: [Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

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Hi Jim,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 06:27:18PM -, Jim Lieb wrote:
 I got it to compile in staging in our ubuntu-karmic git.  It would not compile
 for 64 bit .31rc2 because the code fell into the sizeof(int) == sizeof(void *)
 trap.  I fixed these by using the support fctns and macros.  I have attached
 the diff of what I have done so far.  This builds on amd64 now which is
 crucial for moving from staging to mainline.

Great, thanks for doing this.

 In looking at the driver style, it would appear that there is an attempt
 to have a common code base for a number of O/S platforms.  Is this true?
 Is there a VIA business reason for this?

I don't know.  I don't think there's any value to the community in maintaining
this.  VIA apparently does not have resources to assist with development or
maintenance of VT6655 or VT6656 in-tree drivers.  I don't think they have any
interest in what we do here.

 I ran checkpatch.pl against this driver and it generated ~ 20-30k
 errors/warnings. I've coded C for a very long time and have seen lots of
 styles come and go so I am reluctant to dictate to someone else where the
 curly brackets *must* go but I suggest that it would be easier on inclusion if
 the author or maintainer gets this more in line with the Linux coding
 standard.

Agreed that coding style issues should be addressed.  Your other comments
regarding typedefs, etc., sound reasonable to me.  I do hope that they can be
addressed.

 I also fixed a potential suspend bug where the error return was not
 being propagated back.  I have a FIXME comment in the resume to flag a
 similar problem.

Noted, thanks.

 As for carrying this in Karmic, we prefer that the driver at least be
 on its way out of staging before we consider it for inclusion.  This
 keeps the not-inconsiderable maintenance cost of an non-mainstream patch
 and its churn to a minimum.  Drivers/modules that come into the kernel
 this way also don't get lost as we rebase the kernel at each release
 cycle.  I think the best way forward is for the developer to take this
 input, generate patches to staging to get it moving forward into a
 mainline merge.  We can help with that effort by providing input/review.
 I do not have this device so I can't really test it myself.  We will
 obviously help shepherd the patch into Ubuntu at the appropriate time.
 Keep me posted on progress through this bug.  I can continue helping
 with integration at this end.  I would also encourage the developer to
 get a Launchpad account and be part of the conversation.

The original author(s) are not likely to participate on this end of things.  My
intent has been to get these drivers into staging with hopes that:

 * They may see some distributions pick them up, despite the problems with them,
   since this is the only avenue by which users with this hardware will see
   support (apart from compiling the drivers themselves).

 * There will be some interest from kernel developers in helping to clean them
   up.  I've heard from a few interested parties.

If you/Canonical are interested in helping with any of this, I think the best
thing to do is coordinate and get patches directly upstream, for now.  As I
understand things, these chips are not incredibly popular currently, but that
may change over the coming year or two (I suspect the VT6656 might get put into
a netbook or two).  If Ubuntu can distribute the drivers from staging, that
seems like it would be handy, but I understand the reasons for not doing that.

Unfortunately, my time is beginning to grow quite short.  I'll point out your
notes here to a few other developers that have shown some interest.  I'm happy
to be a coordinator, but probably won't be able to do a lot more with the code
itself for a little while.

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@Forest,
Does VIA provide adequate public info appnotes for this part?  What I am 
thinking of is that if they are just throwing it over the wall with a GPL 
attached but also provide info so that we can fix it, one could clean it up and 
make it ready for mainstream and someone (usually the guy who missed the 
design review meeting...) can pick it up.  The obvious problem is if the code 
is odd and the part is a mystery it will languish in staging until beyond its 
sell-by date.  If VIA has no intention to maintain/update this code, then there 
is no constraint to track with any future work product wrt this part.  Is this 
true/sensible?

If you can coordinate what besides this patch has been done to date, I can 
provide a git patch against current .31 for my work so far.  Once I have both 
archs built (i386 and amd64)  I could do a formatting cleanup pass as a second 
pass patch.  That could then be the basis for further work.  Does someone 
already have a .31 git repo with any work that they have done
in it?  If not, I have the branch of the ubuntu-karmic tree with this change, 
it could be propagated from here.

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Forward porting to Karmic for testing.  A number of issues were found,
including 32-64 bit bugs that would indeed crash things.  This code as
a ways to go in order to be merged and supported.

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Jim,

Take note, this driver has been merged into drivers/staging on linux-
next.  If you are going to do any work on it, please do so there.  Greg
KH has been handling my patches there.

Thanks,
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Jim,

BTW, the versions in staging do compile, no need to forward port.

Thanks,
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[benbois]

I created a package driver on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) 64 bits with a kernel 
2.6.28-13.
After installation, the system freezes during the X/Gnome starting.
MB: Zotac 9300 ITX

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[Jochen]

Works for me with jaunty.

The driver does not work with kernel 2.6.30 (karmic).
netdev-priv has been replaced with netdev_priv(netdev) in this kernel.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Jorge Juan]

Hi,

I have just produced a DKMS version of the latest driver. I have
uploaded to my PPA but I have not tested it yet on my Netbook. I hope it
works for you.

https://edge.launchpad.net/~jjchico/+archive/ppa

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Alex1024]

DKMS version doesnt work, its freeze the system when X started (the same effect 
with the compiled driver).. perhaps some other module conflicts wiht this 
driver? (Zotac 9300 ITX Mainboard VT6656 Module)
Thanks for work :)

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Jorge Juan]

The DKMS package works for me. Compilation from the source also worked.

Please check you have the right hardware. In my case, lsusb -v
reports:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 160a:3184
...
 iProduct 2 VNT USB-802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter
...

Good luck.

jorge.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[LuisV]

I have the same problem with VT6656, my system is Ubuntu Remix 9.04
(jaunty), kernel 2.26.28-11-generic

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[raulmuaddib]

I'm having a problem too, I thought this was going to be  driver that
would be integrated into the kernel.  My wireless did not work with the
RC.  Will it work with the Final Release?

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[raulmuaddib]

Opps, I meant to put that I also use the Zotac 9300 ITX with VT6656.

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Re: [Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Forest Bond]

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 03:44:03PM -, raulmuaddib wrote:
 I'm having a problem too, I thought this was going to be  driver that
 would be integrated into the kernel.  My wireless did not work with the
 RC.  Will it work with the Final Release?

A new driver with a proper license was released.  I am working with kernel
developers to get it into the staging area, however, it will most certainly not
be in Ubuntu 9.04.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Alex1024]

I use Ubuntu 9.04 RC1 and the new Zotac 9300 itx board with VT6656 wireless 
module.
I compiled and installed the new driver 1.19.12.
But the system freezes when run gdm... whats wrong?
Thanks.

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[Bug 162671] Re: VT6656 wireless chipset is unsupported

[Ra'id Jamali]

The latest source files contain a GPL license.
Version 1.19.12
Dated 02 February 2009
http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VT6656_Linux_src_v1.19_12_x86.zip

It compiles successfully under Jaunty. Have not installed it yet though.

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