ipw3945 on kernel 2.6.30
I've loosed big time trying to compile ipw3945 on my debian amd64
system running kernel 2.6.30, unfortunately at the end I couldn't
make ipw3945 run correctly. However I'll try to explain just in
case if somebody out there succeeds in running the ipw3945 driver
on kernel 2.6.30. First I needed to compile the ieee80211-1.2.18
subsystem correctly. That gave me a hard time cause the damned
thing won't compile on my kernel version. I've googled about the
solution and had to combine a couple of solutions before I succeed
compiling. Here is what was required
1. First in ieee80211.module.c change proc_net for
init_net.proc_net.
2. Next change in ieee80211_crypt_wep.c and ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c
.page for .page_link
3. Next download
ieee80211_wx.c-2.6.27.patch.txt
4. Patch ieee80211-1.2.18 e.g. in my case: # cd
/usr/src/ieee80211-1.2.18; patch -p0 <
ieee80211_wx.c-2.6.27.patch.txt
5. Overwrite the file ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c in
/usr/src/ieee80211-1.2.18 with
the following
ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c file.
6. Now with God's help you might try: # make && make
install
Now let's proceed to the compilation of the ipw3945 driver
itself.
I've used the the ipw3945-1.2.2 driver from
the Intel Pro/Wireless
3945ABG Driver Website . In kernels newer than 2.6.22 on 64 bit
architectures in order to make the driver compile, you have to
apply the
fix-for-64-bits-2.6.22-onwards.patch
patch.
Now enter the ipw3945-1.2.2 source directory and execute patch -p0
< fix-for-64-bits-2.6.22-onwards.patch ,hopefully it should
patch correctly.I had to also use the
ipw3945-1.2.2.patch
patch.
Again patch it with: # patch -p0 < ipw3945-1.2.2.patch.
Next in order to compile it I had to execute: # make
IEEE80211_INC=/usr/src/ieee80211-1.2.18
IEEE80211_IGNORE_DUPLICATE=y && make install. Next I have
downloaded the
ipw3945d-1.7.22
. Untarred the archive file
# tar -zxvf ipw3945d-1.7.22.tgz and last but not least:
# cp -rpf x86_64/ipw3945d /etc/init.d/ The ipw3945 loaded correctly
with modprobe ipw3945, however the wireless device wasn't detected
... Even though the failure to make the ipw3945 driver running what
I did gave me hope that eventually if I invest some more time and
efforts attempting to make it work I could eventually succeed and
enjoy the benefits of a better wireless networks signal strengths.
Until that happens I'll hold up to the newer iwl3945 to use my
wireless.