[Madwifi-users] madwifi with Linux 2.6.10-rc3

[Richard D. <ri...@ph...>]

Hello.

I've managed to get ath_pci to load with 2.6.10-rc3. I don't have any 
idea if it actually passes Wi-fi traffic, since there are no APs around 
here. But it at least loads.

Attached is my current set of patches. It includes my README patch, a 
fix for a warning (the uint8_t change) and the changes to build with 
2.6.10-rc2 and 2.6.10-rc3.

2.6.10-rc2 and later seem to have changes in the PCI APIs. 
pci_register_driver() used to return the count of registered drivers or 
a negative value indicating error. Now it just returns 0 on success and 
negative on error. So although the Atheros driver has loaded OK, the 
stock CVS driver thinks that it has failed.

Hence this change:

@@ -328,7 +323,7 @@ init_ath_pci(void)
  {
         printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s\n", dev_info, version);

-       if (pci_register_driver(&ath_pci_drv_id) <= 0) {
+       if (pci_register_driver(&ath_pci_drv_id) < 0) {
                 printk("ath_pci: No devices found, driver not 
installed.\n");
                 pci_unregister_driver(&ath_pci_drv_id);
                 return (-ENODEV);

I'd be interested to know if the driver functions OK with this change, 
since I have no access to any Wi-fi networks to check.

Cheers, bye, Rich =]

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~phekda/richdawe/ ]

"You can't evaluate a man by logic alone."
   -- McCoy, "I, Mudd", Star Trek