Networking :: Request: Adding DSL support for RT2500 cards

Quote (doobit @ April 12 2006,15:31)

If you already compiled it, then maybe you could make us a .dsl extention? We would really appreciate that!

What is a .dsl extension? I got the RT73 driver working on the latest DSL version, but I'm new to DSL. Are the steps for how to make an extension published anywhere? If it's not too complicated, I might build an extension so folks don't have to go through what I went through.

What is a DSL extension?
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Category:MyDSL
At the bottom of that page, there is a link titled "Creating MyDSL Extensions".

However, a dsl extension won't work for this particular problem. As roberts pointed out, this driver does not work with an smp kernel. DSL uses an smp kernel. An extension can't replace the kernel, because in order to use a new kernel, you have to reboot, but when you reboot, your extensions are lost.

Quote (Winter Knight @ Nov. 04 2006,16:39)

However, a dsl extension won't work for this particular problem. As roberts pointed out, this driver does not work with an smp kernel. DSL uses an smp kernel.

I didn't think it was an smp kernel, because I didn't realize an smp kernel would work on a single processor.. I figured that was an issue because they might go to an SMP kernel in the future.

I don't understand why the driver would have to support SMP. My Red Hat box uses an SMP kernel, and it never gave me issues. In fact, Roberts can't be correct, because I was able to compile the RT73 driver for DSL. It works. I would be willing to create an extension, but I'm having difficulty understanding what an extension is, and how to make one.

This is _not_ for the rt73 driver, but for the rt2500 driver.

Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Nov. 05 2006,01:15)

This is _not_ for the rt73 driver, but for the rt2500 driver.

That might explain the confusion. The RT73 driver is really an abbreviation for the RT2573 chip. So I thought RT2500 was just a generic name for a series of similar chips (since the RT2571 chip uses the same driver as the RT2573). However, I did notice there is a seperate driver labelled RT2500, so it may indeed be different.

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