ATMEL drivers for dsl 2.4.26

Forum: Networking
Topic: ATMEL drivers for dsl 2.4.26
started by: MAGAT

Posted by MAGAT on Mar. 25 2005,10:49

can someone compile drivers ATMEL for dsl 2.4.26 ?

my wireless usb card :ATMEL AT76C505A RFMD 2958
bus 002 device 002 ID: 03eb:7614 ATMEL corps
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< http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=59001 >

i think it's possible with Knoppix 3.4 (2.4.6)
i am a new in linux..

i need this drivers :
Build USB RFMD 505A Driver [y/N] : Y

I think lot personne need this atmel drivers for wireless

thanks....you..

Posted by MAGAT on Mar. 31 2005,07:12

ok i have downloaded the latest tarball from < http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/at76c503a/. >
Executed the following in knoppix 3.4 (kernel 2.4.26):
tar -xvzf at76c503a.tar.gz
cd at76c503a;cd at76c503a
make;make install
And now i have my usb driver for my
card wireless (at76505-rfm2958.0)

where i place this file in dsl (kernel 2.4.26) ?

if i put this files in /knoppix/lib/modules/2.4.26/usb and i make #modprode -v at76505-rfm2958
i have "can't locate module at76505-rfm2958"

please help me....
thank vincent

Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 31 2005,10:16

Try running

sudo update-modules

Posted by MAGAT on Mar. 31 2005,11:31

thank.. but i have this messages:
depmod : can't open /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep for writing
cp: cannot create regular file /lib/modules/modprobe.conf.old :read-only file system

it is possible to write this file in an other folder ?
==>because after i can make a remaster of dsl and put this files to the right place..
thank vincent

Posted by cbagger01 on April 01 2005,00:00

Are you doing this on a hd-installed system?

If you run it as sudo it should be allowed to write to the file unless you are running from livecd/frugal/poormans.

Posted by MAGAT on April 01 2005,09:01

ok i chroot my folder of my remaster /source

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#mount --bind /dev /mnt/hda1/source/dev
#chroot /mnt/hda1/source
#mount -t proc /proc proc
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and i add my drivers *.o in /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep
and now modprobe run succefuly
and with lsmod i see my module...
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#umount /proc
#ctrl+D

rq:
update-modules it's ok now (in chroot) but
don't change my modules.dep i don't no why..

thank
vincent