Because I need to get my ACX 111 based wireless card working with WPA, I downloaded the acx-mac80211-20080210.tar.bz2 to try and compile it myself.
I use the "building outside the kernel tree" method as described in the accompanying README, but compile fails like this:
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peter@cheetah:/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210$ sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
LD /usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/built-in.o
CC [M] /usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.o
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_s_proc_diag_output’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:947: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 4 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_s_set_beacon_template’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:1614: warning: format ‘%08X’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 2 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_add_interface’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:4225: error: ‘struct ieee80211_if_init_conf’ has no member named ‘vif’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-2008/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic/include/net/mac80211.h0210/common.c: In function ‘acx_remove_interface’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:4262: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
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The error is about the member 'vif' of the ieee80211_if_init_conf struct.
The header file /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic/include/net/mac80211.h contains the definition of this struct, but it looks like this:
Many thanks for your post. I have opened a bug at our tracker and submitted two patches to fix this issue [1]. However, notice that the mac80211 port is still unstable and might not work for you.
Also please feel free to test the mac80211 version from our repository, which is more up-to-date (but still unstable) than the release you are trying to use. For more information about getting the driver from the acx repository, please have a look at the development section in our wiki [2].
Because I need to get my ACX 111 based wireless card working with WPA, I downloaded the acx-mac80211-20080210.tar.bz2 to try and compile it myself.
I use the "building outside the kernel tree" method as described in the accompanying README, but compile fails like this:
---
peter@cheetah:/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210$ sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
LD /usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/built-in.o
CC [M] /usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.o
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_s_proc_diag_output’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:947: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 4 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_s_set_beacon_template’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:1614: warning: format ‘%08X’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 2 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c: In function ‘acx_add_interface’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:4225: error: ‘struct ieee80211_if_init_conf’ has no member named ‘vif’
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-2008/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic/include/net/mac80211.h0210/common.c: In function ‘acx_remove_interface’:
/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.c:4262: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210/common.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/usr/src/acx-mac80211-20080210] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
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The error is about the member 'vif' of the ieee80211_if_init_conf struct.
The header file /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic/include/net/mac80211.h contains the definition of this struct, but it looks like this:
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struct ieee80211_if_init_conf {
int if_id;
enum ieee80211_if_types type;
void *mac_addr;
};
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Is there an easy way to fix this?
Hi Peter,
Many thanks for your post. I have opened a bug at our tracker and submitted two patches to fix this issue [1]. However, notice that the mac80211 port is still unstable and might not work for you.
Also please feel free to test the mac80211 version from our repository, which is more up-to-date (but still unstable) than the release you are trying to use. For more information about getting the driver from the acx repository, please have a look at the development section in our wiki [2].
Regards,
David.
[1] https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2029484&group_id=75380&atid=543747
[2] http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page#Development