Got madwifi working again.

ss2 · 2007-10-08 10:00:42

Hello,

today I made my own madwifi update, since the latest version (0.9.3.1.99-2) in the repository is broken for me. It is has been flagged out-of-date anyway.

First of all, I took the latest PKBUILDs from cvs and updated them to the recent release, nothing else. No hacking in the package build process. That was easy. :-)

Here are the two PKGBUILDs for madwifi and madwifi-utils:

# Originally by kleptophobiac <kleptophobiac@gmail.com>
# Modified by Simon Streit <ss2@arcor.de>

_kernver=2.6.22-ARCH;

pkgname=madwifi
pkgver=0.9.3.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Madwifi drivers for Atheros wireless chipsets. For stock arch 2.6 kernel"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL')
url="http://madwifi.org"
depends=('madwifi-utils' 'kernel26')
makedepends=('sharutils')
install=madwifi-ng.install
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/madwifi/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('0e308afd179e4ccb2eafa47ade1e5f53')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  sed -i -e 's/-Werror//g' Makefile.inc
  make KERNELPATH=/lib/modules/$_kernver/build KERNELRELEASE=$_kernver modules|| return 1
  make KERNELPATH=/lib/modules/$_kernver/build KERNELRELEASE=$_kernver modules \
       DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg KERNELRELEASE=$_kernver install-modules
  sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/*.install
  # install to wireless kernel directory
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$_kernver/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/madwifi
  mv $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$_kernver/net/* $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$_kernver/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/madwifi
  rm -r $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$_kernver/net/
}

# Originally by kleptophobiac <kleptophobiac@gmail.com>
# Modified by Simon Streit <ss2@arcor.de>

pkgname=madwifi-utils
pkgver=0.9.3.2
_kernver=2.6.22-ARCH
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Userspace tools of madwifi drivers for Atheros wireless chipsets."
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL')
url="http://madwifi.org"
depends=('wireless_tools')
makedepends=('sharutils')
provides=("madwifi-ng-utils")
conflicts=("madwifi-ng-utils")
replaces=("madwifi-ng-utils")
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/madwifi/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('0e308afd179e4ccb2eafa47ade1e5f53')

build() {
  export KERNELPATH=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build
  cd $startdir/src/madwifi-$pkgver
  make tools|| return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg \
       BINDIR=/usr/bin \
       MANDIR=/usr/man \
       install-tools
}

I would suggest some arch developer should have a look at this, so the packets can be updated. I contacted the maintainer too.

Have fun with them. :-)

Regards,
Simon

kth5 · 2007-10-08 15:43:26

Just updated the madwifi packages for our stock kernel26 to 0.9.3.2. -ck and users of other kernels may have to wait for a but still though.

stonecrest · 2007-10-08 17:28:55

I will try them tonight, hope it fixes my issues too

ss2 · 2007-10-08 19:03:53

Thank you, that went fast.

boomshalek · 2007-10-12 03:16:26

i get no device on a fresh FTP-Install:

Linux T42 2.6.22-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT
madwifi 0.9.3.2-2

/etc/rc.conf

MODULES=(... ath_hal ath_pci wlan ...)
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="eth0 192.168.XXX.XXX netmask 255.255.XXX.XXX broadcast 192.168.XXX.XXX"
ath0="ath0 192.168.XXX.XXX netmask 255.255.XXX.XXX broadcast 192.168.XXX.XXX" | ath0="dhcp"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(ath0)
wlan_ath0="ath0 mode managed essid XXX"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 ath0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.XXX.XXX"
ROUTES=(gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond dbus hal kdm)

ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:60:FD:0A:27
          inet addr:192.168.XXX.XXX Bcast:192.168.XXX.XXX  Mask:255.255.XXX.XXX
          inet6 addr: fe80::20d:60ff:fefd:a27/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1745 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:780258 (761.9 Kb)  TX bytes:279673 (273.1 Kb)
          Base address:0x8000 Memory:c0240000-c0260000

irda0     Link encap:IrLAP  HWaddr 00:00:00:00
          NOARP  MTU:2048  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:8
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:600 (600.0 b)  TX bytes:600 (600.0 b)

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

irda0     no wireless extensions.

dmesg | grep ath

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2)
 sda6 sda7<3>Error loading module "ath_rate_sample"

Any suggestions ?

Last edited by boomshalek (2007-10-12 03:27:08)

sinister99 · 2007-10-21 01:59:29

I can't get it to work either on a fresh install. Same output as boomshalek, nothing new to add.

sinister99 · 2007-10-24 23:58:57

I got it working by using the madwifi-svn package in AUR; worked out of the box.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-10-08 10:00:42

Got madwifi working again.

#2 2007-10-08 15:43:26

Re: Got madwifi working again.

#3 2007-10-08 17:28:55

Re: Got madwifi working again.

#4 2007-10-08 19:03:53

Re: Got madwifi working again.

#5 2007-10-12 03:16:26

Re: Got madwifi working again.

#6 2007-10-21 01:59:29

Re: Got madwifi working again.

#7 2007-10-24 23:58:57

Re: Got madwifi working again.

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