"mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" compatibility issue.
Hi all,
I have a problem with the compat-wireless. It seems "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" are not compatible with the ones in main line kernel. In my case, it is kernel 3.4.9(Fedora 16).
I want to use compat-wireless version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" for Realtek rtl8723ae but for other wireless cards, I want to use main line kernel version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko".
This switch should happen at the boot time since I need to support a lot of PCs with the single kernel.
Can someone tell me where the "modprobe rtl8723ae (and for other PCI devices)" get called when I run the kernel on the PC with rtl8723 wireless card? I searched the entire scripts under /etc but I could not find.
What is the right thing to do? I appreciate your advise.
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Akira Nonaka
Hi,
Quoted 5 lines · Akira Nonaka
Hi all,
I have a problem with the compat-wireless. It seems "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" are not compatible with the ones in main line kernel. In my case, it is kernel 3.4.9(Fedora 16).
This is expected and pretty much by design.
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I want to use compat-wireless version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" for Realtek rtl8723ae but for other wireless cards, I want to use main line kernel version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko".
Why? Are the drivers for these other cards not available in compat-wireless?
Thanks,
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Julian Calaby Email: [email protected] Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
Hi Julian,
Well, We consider the option of using the entire compat-wireless drivers. However, we are planning the minor update of our product toward the end of the year and I thought it will be nice if I can keep the change minimum.
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Nonaka Akira
Quoted 25 lines · Julian Calaby
Hi,
Quoted 5 lines · Akira Nonaka
Hi all,
I have a problem with the compat-wireless. It seems "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" are not compatible with the ones in main line kernel. In my case, it is kernel 3.4.9(Fedora 16).
This is expected and pretty much by design.
Quoted 3 lines
I want to use compat-wireless version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" for Realtek rtl8723ae but for other wireless cards, I want to use main line kernel version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko".
Why? Are the drivers for these other cards not available in compat-wireless?
Thanks,
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Julian Calaby Email: [email protected] Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
Hi Nonaka,
Quoted 3 lines · Nonaka Akira
Hi Julian,
Well, We consider the option of using the entire compat-wireless drivers. However, we are planning the minor update of our product toward the end of the year and I thought it will be nice if I can keep the change minimum.
In general, the drivers in compat-wireless are more stable and have more features than the versions in older kernels. (it is a back-port of newer wireless drivers after all)
I would expect that you'll spend more time working out a solution to use it for a single driver than you'd spend testing it on the hardware you intend to support.
Thanks,
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Julian Calaby Email: [email protected] Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
Quoted 7 lines · Julian Calaby
Hi Nonaka,
Quoted 3 lines · Nonaka Akira
Hi Julian,
Well, We consider the option of using the entire compat-wireless drivers. However, we are planning the minor update of our product toward the end of the year and I thought it will be nice if I can keep the change minimum.
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In general, the drivers in compat-wireless are more stable and have more features than the versions in older kernels. (it is a back-port of newer wireless drivers after all)
I would expect that you'll spend more time working out a solution to use it for a single driver than you'd spend testing it on the hardware you intend to support.
I agree. If you want to change only rtl8723ae, then you will need to backport it to kernel 3.4.9 yourself. I have no idea how much work that would be, but I have no interest in doing it.
Larry
Julian, Larry
Thank you for your advise. I will consider taking your suggestion.
Akira
Quoted 31 lines · Larry Finger
Quoted 10 lines · Julian Calaby
Hi Nonaka,
Quoted 6 lines · Nonaka Akira
Hi Julian,
Well, We consider the option of using the entire compat-wireless drivers. However, we are planning the minor update of our product toward the end of the year and I thought it will be nice if I can keep the change minimum.
Quoted 7 lines
In general, the drivers in compat-wireless are more stable and have more features than the versions in older kernels. (it is a back-port of newer wireless drivers after all)
I would expect that you'll spend more time working out a solution to use it for a single driver than you'd spend testing it on the hardware you intend to support.
I agree. If you want to change only rtl8723ae, then you will need to backport it to kernel 3.4.9 yourself. I have no idea how much work that would be, but I have no interest in doing it.
Larry
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Akira Nonaka