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DreamPlug uap8xxx WiFi Access Point Kernel Module Patches for Linux 3.2 (wheezy)
================================================================================
This repository is forked from:
https://github.com/bauermann/dreamplug
The patches were "originally" grabbed from:
http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/kernel/3/3.2/3.2.9/source/
It looks like mvsdio-1-2.6.30.patch was edited in bauermann's version; i've
included the larger original for comparison.
I made one more small but questionable tweak to get things to compile:
commenting out line 74 of libertas_uap/uap_debug.c.
This repo is modeled on bauermann's 3.4 kernel patches, only "re-backported" to
contain older patches in a simple form for use compiling just the uap8xxx.ko
kernel module for the version 3.2.9 kernel that seems to be the stable release
version for debian wheezy.
This is all a horrible short-term kludge. Preferably the libertas_uap/uap8xxx
code should get added to the kernel mainline, or at least be distributed in a
coherent fashion... but I am not that hero.
Note: by default *any* user can access and modify all settings via the uaputl
mechanism:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2010/05/msg00082.html
Quick Binary Install
--------------------
If you have a dreamplug running the exact linux 3.2.9 kirkwood kernel that came
with debian wheezy or FreedomBox (as of Aug 22, 2012), you can just install the
uap8xxx.ko-3.2.9-kirkwood, firmware, and a modprobe file and you are good to
go... scp them to the device and then:
# # as root
# mkdir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap
# cp uap8xxx.ko-3.2.9-kirkwood /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap
# depmod -a
# cp -r firmware/mrvl /lib/firmware/mrvl
# cp modprobe_libertas_uap.conf /etc/modprobe.d/libertas_uap
# reboot
Extracting kernel module source (on any machine)
------------------------------------------------
This explains the steps I took to extract out the uap8xxx ("libertas_uap")
module code. These are now in the libertas_uap folder in this repo, so you
don't need to repeate these steps.
1. Get the kernel source and other needed packages.
# apt-get install lzma quilt
2. Get the Linux 3.4 kernel.
# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.2.9.tar.xz
2. Unpack it somewhere.
# tar xvf linux-3.2.9.tar.bz2
3. Apply the patches found in with-linux-3.2.
# cd linux-3.2.9
# ln -s ../with-linux-3.2 patches
# quilt push -a
4. Copy out the module sources
# cp -r drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/ ../libertas_uap
This source didn't compile for me as-is; I blindly commented out line 74 of
uap_debug.c, which is a horrible hack and might result in kernel crashes down
the line.
Compiling uap8xxx.ko module (on DreamPlug)
------------------------------------------
These instructions based on an old mailing list post by Daniel Gillmor [1].
Generate a tarball of the libertas_uap files extracted above (or found in the
./libertas_uap folder of this repo):
# tar -cf tar -cf libertas_uap.tar libertas_uap
# gzip libertas_uap.tar
Copy that tarball over to a DreamPlug running a linux 3.2 kernel (only tested
with the debian wheezy 3.2.9 kernel) and install build requirements (slow!):
# apt-get update
# apt-get install module-assistant linux-headers-kirkwood build-essential
As any user, extract the source and build it:
$ tar xzf libertas_uap.tar.gz
$ cd libertas_uap
$ make CONFIG_LIBERTAS_UAP=m -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$(pwd)
This compiles pretty quickly for me, even on the DreamPlug. If that worked out,
install the results as root:
# mkdir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap
# cp uap8xxx.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap8xxx.ko
# depmod -a
If you don't already have them installed, copy over the ./firmware/mrvl .bin
files and install as root:
# cp -r firmware/mrvl /lib/firmware/mrvl
To prevent block the libertas_sdio driver from glomming on to the hardware
before uap8xxx can get to it, blacklist the other drivers by adding this file
as /etc/modprobe.d/libertas_uap.conf (or just copy modprobe_libertas_uap.conf
from this repo):
# blacklist competing modules for the same hardware
# used by libertas_uap (uap8xxx.ko)
blacklist libertas_sdio
blacklist libertas
At this point I did a cold reboot (shutdown and disconnect power), though you
might be able to just modprobe following Dan's instructions:
root@moo:~# ip link show uap0
Device "uap0" does not exist.
root@moo:~# modprobe -v uap8xxx
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-kirkwood/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap8xxx.ko
root@moo:~# ip link show uap0
4: uap0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 00:24:23:YY:WW:ZZ brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Horray!
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2010/05/msg00081.html
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