[Gutsy] rt2500 driver missing from rt2x00 drivers in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8-generic

[Ken Lewis]

Upon downloading the kernel-image-2.6.22-8-generic and its associated linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8-generic, there still isn't the required rt2500pci.ko or rt2500usb.ko in the /lib/modules/2.6.22-8-generic/ubuntu/wireless/rt2x00/ directory. Building from rt2x00.serialmonkey.com provides this source. Perhaps the kconfig script needs to be amended?

I've given up on the rt2x00 driver and am building one from the Legacy sources. Ta.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

I've provided a patch which fixes this in #118205
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/118205/comments/14
and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/118205/comments/17

[Ken Lewis (kenlewis)]

Cedric,

Thanks for those patches, but they don't resolve the issue on the clone of git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-gutsy-lum.git I have here, nor in the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8 (hence this bug report).

I've got to admit that I don't know enough about the package system to say where it's going wrong. But I know that your patches didn't work for me. Thanks, though.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

Hmm, that's strange.

I've just checked with a fresh clone of git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-gutsy-lum.git, in a freshly updated gutsy chroot.

I've issued :

cd /tmp/ubuntu-gutsy-lum
cat /tmp/fix-rt2x00-build.patch | patch -p1
sudo apt-get install $(gdebi --apt-line -q debian/control)
fakeroot debian/rules binary-modules-generic

The resulting linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8-generic_2.6.22-8.19_i386.deb contains the rt2400pci.ko et al. modules

Did you try to build your package in a similar way ?

[Ken Lewis (kenlewis)]

Following the standard guide installing the build tools (via linux-kernel-devel, fakeroot, kernel-wedge, kernel-package, linux-headers, and the use of apt-get build-dep linux-source), I've used:

fakeroot debian/rules binary-debs flavour=generic

I'm on AMD64, so my deb is called linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8-generic_2.6.22-8.19_amd64.deb. The directory debian/build/build-generic/wireless/rt2x00/ does not contain any of the rt2400pci.ko, rt2500{pci,usb}.ko rt61.ko and rt73.ko modules.

BTW: this is a sideshow -- the amd64 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-8-generic in the repo is missing these .ko files. Ben Collins is down as maintainer. Do you know how *he* builds the .debs? :p

Thanks for your help. :)

[wodz (wodz)]

linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-9 solves this problem but in my case performance of the new driver is very poor.

[Andreas Gnau (rondom)]

In my opinion the rt2x00-drivers aren't stable enough, either.
This bug is solved, though.

[HModi (harshmodibb)]

I think a simple solution that will solve this problem is to include all the legacy drivers (eg. rt2570) in the gutsy repo and let everyone download them. I can't take too long. My problem is that the legacy drivers don't compile on gutsy. I have the AMD64 version which means i have to use the 64bit driver for ndiswrapper which i cannot find. So, simply including the legacy drivers which *worked* is the best solution.