Re: urtwm -> rtwm

> On 2 Nov 2016, at 15:54, Mattia Rossi <mattia.rossi.mailinglists_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> rtwn_usb(4) depends on rtwn(4) module; you can try to
>>> 1) add them to the kernel config;
>>> 2) check / fix WITHOUT_MODULES and MODULES_OVERRIDE make.conf(5) variables
>>> 3) compile / install them manually
>>> 
>>> P.S. There is no 'rtwm' module in the tree; what is the exact error message
>>> where it was?
>> the problem was that if_rtwn.ko was not compiled!
>> all the others where, i.e. if_rtwn_[pci,usb].ko.
>> I added all of them to the config, and now it seems to work
>> 
>> so the problem is that the loadable module if_rtwn.ko is NOT compiled
>> by default, while all the others are,
>> what is the magic to have it compiled?
> From my experience you always have to specify all modules and the modules they depend on. I for example had to specify this for zfs support in the config file:
> 
> makeoptions     MODULES_OVERRIDE="zfs opensolaris acl_nfs4"
> 
> I actually only wanted zfs, which depends on opensolaris which then again depends on acl_nfs4 (probably because I sepcified nfs4 support in the config file)
> 

not from my experience, the fact that all the other rtwn- where there means that
somewhere there is a missing directive.

> I only found out after a few tries. It's really not ideal, that module dependencies are not resolved.
> But once you know about it, you can live with it :-)
> 
>> 
>> BTW, I tried this on RPI2, and now will try on an orangepi one.
> Is that the SDIO based internal WiFi? Let me know if it works!
> 

no, this is the cheapest orange one, with one usb, so it’s a wifi dongle.
my orange pi plus, with the onboard wifi, i managed to fry :-(

cheers,
	danny

> Cheers,
> 
> Mat
> 
>>>>> On 30 Oct 2016, at 14:07, Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> hi,
>>>>> between r30666 and r30808 i lost my wireless,
>>>> s/r30666/r306333/ and s/r30808/r308087/
>>>> 
>>>>> so reading UPDATE clarified why, I also did a mergemaster so now devd et.all. seem to be in sync,
>>>>> but now devd complains that if_rtwn_usb depends on rtwm and there is no rtwn, instead there are
>>>>> several rtwn-rtl8…., the closest being rtwn-rt18188eufw.ko
>>>>> 
>>>>> this is what the old urtwn has to say:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Starting devd.
>>>>> wlan: <802.11 Link Layer>
>>>>> urtwn0 on uhub1
>>>>> urtwn0: <Realtek 802.11n NIC, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus0
>>>>> urtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188EU, RF 6052 1T1R
>>>>> urtwn0: enabling 11n
>>>>> urtwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>>>>> urtwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>>>>> urtwn0: 1T1R
>>>>> urtwn0: 11ng MCS 20MHz
>>>>> urtwn0: MCS 0-7: 6.5Mbps - 65Mbps
>>>>> 
>>>>> please help
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> 	danny
>>>>> 
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