I can't compile compat-wireless-2.6-old

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Hello,every.

I’ve just installed Opensuse10.3 recently.Everything seems OK other than that my wireless doesn’t work.My wireless card is Broadcom BCM94311MCG.

I download the compat-wireless-old.tar.bz2 and extract it.But when I type make in that directory,it outputs as follows

./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh config.mk > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build M=/home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old modules
make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31-obj/i386/default' make -C ../../../linux-2.6.22.5-31 O=../linux-2.6.22.5-31-obj/i386/default modules LD /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/misc/built-in.o CC [M] /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/misc/eeprom_93cx6.o LD /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/built-in.o CC [M] /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.o In file included from /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:34: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.h:361: error: field ‘napi’ has incomplete type /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c: In function ‘b44_poll’: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:849: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘__mptr’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:849: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:879: error: too many arguments to function ‘netif_rx_complete’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c: In function ‘b44_interrupt’: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:911: error: too many arguments to function ‘netif_rx_schedule_prep’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:917: error: too many arguments to function ‘__netif_rx_schedule’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c: In function ‘b44_open’: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:1433: error: implicit declaration of function ‘napi_enable’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:1442: error: implicit declaration of function ‘napi_disable’ /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c: At top level: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:2051: error: unknown field ‘get_sset_count’ specified in initializer /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:2051: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c: In function ‘b44_init_one’: /home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.c:2159: error: implicit declaration of function ‘netif_napi_add’ make[5]: *** [/home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/b44.o] 错误 1 make[4]: *** [/home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net] 错误 2 make[3]: *** [_module_/home/zhou/compat-wireless-2.6-old] 错误 2 make[2]: *** [modules] 错误 2 make[1]: *** [modules] 错误 2 make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31-obj/i386/default’
make: *** [modules] 错误 2

I guass there are some problems with b44.Could somebody tell me how to solve the problem.

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Webpin - Results for compat-wireless

(compat-wireless-kmp-default for 2.6.22.5-31 and i586)

PackMan :: Informationen zum Paket b43-firmware

(noarch)


su 

password

modprobe -rv bcm43xx

echo blacklist bcm43xx >> /etc/modprobe.d/bcm43xx

rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

udevadm trigger
  • YaST => System => /etc/sysconfig-Editor => Search for “MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT” => add b43 and save.

= You’re done

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Thank you at first.I tried to install compat-wireless-kmp-default for 2.6.22.5-31 and i586 and noarch.The first successed,but the second failed.

It outputs:
warning: b43-4.150.10.5-2.pm.1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9a795806
error: Failed dependencies:
rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by b43-4.150.10.5-2.pm.1.noarch

And I think Ineed to tell you I am a new learner of linux,is rpmlib a package needed to be installed,where I can get it.

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A few minutes before I tried install b43-compat-wireless-firmware-4.150.10.5-3.1.noarch.rpm and successed.
Then I followed you step.
#modprobe -rv bcm 43xx
It outputs:
FATAL: Module bcm not found.
I don’t know what’s wrong with it could you tell me?

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spander wrote:
> A few minutes before I tried install
> b43-compat-wireless-firmware-4.150.10.5-3.1.noarch.rpm and successed.
> Then I followed you step.
> #modprobe -rv bcm 43xx
> FATAL: Module bcm not found.

The module name is b43.

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Sorry to say that I made a stupid mistake.
for modprobe -rv bcm 43xx There doesn’t exist a space between ‘bcm’ and ‘43xx’.So there isn’t any problem with this code.But when I type # udevadm trigger
It outputs bash: udevadm: command not found
Could you tell me why?

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there’s always something new to learn every day on linux;(for me);

I think you need to install

udev

our system says of it

udev
udev’s main task is to create and remove device nodes in /dev when a device is discovered or removed from the system. udevd receives all hotplug events via kernel netlink messages and dispatches them according to rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/. Matching rules may name a device node, create additional symlinks to the node, call tools to initialize a device, or load needed kernel modules.

we are running 11.0 and we have version 120-13.1 running and it is in the main repository; if you type udev into available in your software box, in YaST; it should find it and ask if you want to install it … I think you do!

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You are running 10.3 which has older versions of rpm and udev, so some things don’t work like on 11.X.


udevtrigger

as root should work.

(Or Reboot machine)

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Thank you for answering my question again.
Yes,you are right,the right code is :

udevtrigger

But I still can’t get my wireless work,what’s more,I can’t find my wireless card in the Network Settings now.
(I’ve changed the MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT as you told and reboot my computer.

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Insufficient information.

My wireless doesn’t work - a primer on what I should do next - openSUSE Forums

I recommend the srcipt mentioned in #3.

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Thank you.I’ll read it again very carefully.