Networking :: ATMEL wireless pcmf502rd driver no longer n distro
Well, i foud a knoppix 3.4 iso file, but the driver doesn't exist there (i boot from 3.4 cd-rom). I tried to make the driver but when i come to "make config" dsl tells me something about problems in terminal size. please can you make a dsl for atmelwlandriver.
I offered some advice in a more recent post to someone needing help with an Atmel chip, and have just discovered this one. Now I have just checked my older DSL CD's to see if the atmelwlandriver is there ... and yes, there it is. So I offer the following -
The atmel drivers are in the versions of DSL based on the 2.4.22-xfs kernel - pre 0.8.0 (I think). The relevant files are found in /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/pcmcia/...
pcmf502r.o
pcmf502r3.o
pcmf502rd.o
pcmf502re.o
pcmf504.o
You could try to just copy these files into a remastered version of DSL from 0.8.0 - 0.9.3 ... but device drivers can be kernel-specific. You might get an error message something like "this module was compiled for another kernel version". If so, the atmelwlandriver will need to be compiled in Knoppix 3.4, which has the 2.4.26 kernel.
And how do i do that? Compiling the driver? I copied the driverfiles and the massage appear mismatch kernel bla bla bla ... for the wlan card. and another question when i boot my 0.9.3 dsl there ist kernel 2.4.27.
Hmm..
If you need the right kernel version, try downloading DSL version 0.7.3
Sorry, I assumed DSL's kernel was still 2.4.26. So you will need the latest Knoppix 3.7. You should be able to run Knoppix from live CD to do the compile.
Alternatively, it might be possible to do the compile in DSL with gnu-utils.dsl (build tools) installed. I'm not sure ... the atmel driver compile requires kernel headers too. Knoppix is the safe bet.
Follow the download link at http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html to get the source code. Unpack the tarball (tar jxvf) and change dir to atmelwlandriver. The very thorough instructions are then in the README file, including how to recompile the kernel - avoid this, but all you should need to do is at root prompt -
make config
make all
make install
Then copy the freshly made files from /lib/modules/2.4.27/ across to your DSL installation. You should possibly also copy /etc/pcmcia/atmel.conf, because the existing version in DSL may be wrong.
Craig S
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