rt3090 module and 2.6.32 kernel

**oakwcj** · 17th December 2009, 09:00 PM

Kernel-2.6.32-0.63.rc8.git2.fc13 includes a module for the rt3090 chip in the staging directory. I finally have a working wireless connection on my Msi Wind U210 netbook. However, subsequent rawhide kernels don't have this module. Is there an explanation for this omission? The module continues to exist in the upstream stock 2.6.32 kernels.

**ogetbilo** · 18th December 2009, 11:28 AM

Fedora's kernel package contains some of the staging modules. I don't know what criteria they have for choosing what staging modules get into the Fedora package. Most likely the rt3090 got in the 2.6.32-0.63.rc8.git2.fc13 package by accident. You can file a bug in bugzilla.redhat.com and ask them to reinclude it.

Meanwhile rpmfusion offers a kmod-staging package that you can try, which covers (most of) those staging modules that don't come with Fedora's kernel.

**oakwcj** · 18th December 2009, 05:57 PM

Thanks. I've filed Bug 548805. I have tried to patch the Ralink rt3090 code with your rt2860 patches, but I haven't been able to get it to work.

**chaud lapin** · 30th January 2010, 03:20 PM

I have an Asus Eee PC 1001HA with the same wireless chipset. I found this thread via Google, and I just took a look at the bug report in Bugzilla.

I have been using Fedora since 2004, but I don't have any experience with Rawhide. To install the 2.6.32 kernel that mentioned above, do I need to install F12 in all its Alpha/Beta glory?

Are there any less drastic options for installing this driver under F12? I tried installing the kmod-rt2860 driver from Fusion (this driver is supposed to cover the 3090 chipset), but Fedora still doesn't see the wireless card.

Thanks

**ghoul** · 30th January 2010, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by chaud lapin

I have an Asus Eee PC 1001HA with the same wireless chipset. I found this thread via Google, and I just took a look at the bug report in Bugzilla.

I have been using Fedora since 2004, but I don't have any experience with Rawhide. To install the 2.6.32 kernel that mentioned above, do I need to install F12 in all its Alpha/Beta glory?

Are there any less drastic options for installing this driver under F12? I tried installing the kmod-rt2860 driver from Fusion (this driver is supposed to cover the 3090 chipset), but Fedora still doesn't see the wireless card.

Thanks

In Ndiswrapper supports your card, then it can be one more option for you.
The guys from Ubuntu actually make this chipset work. If you have enough technical knowledge you can probably use their approach on Fedora.

leigh123linux · 30th January 2010, 11:30 PM

The ralink 3070 & 3090 drivers build Ok with kernel 2.6.33

http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2

**chaud lapin** · 31st January 2010, 12:01 AM

Thanks for the point to the Ubuntu forum.

So it looks like compiling the source is the way to go.

I installed gcc, which installed the kernel-headers and some other packages as well:

Code:

cloog-ppl.i686 0:0.15.7-1.fc12  
cpp.i686 0:4.4.2-20.fc12   
glibc-devel.i686 0:2.11.1-1  
glibc-headers.i686 0:2.11.1-1  
kernel-headers.i686 0:2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12 
mpfr.i686 0:2.4.1-5.fc12        
ppl.i686 0:0.10.2-10.fc12

However, when I run 'make' it chokes on an non-existent directory:

Code:

# make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools'
/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/os/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Indeed, the symlink 'build' is pointing to an nonexistent directory:

Code:

# ll /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/ | grep ^l
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root     52 2010-01-27 23:58 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root      5 2010-01-27 23:58 source -> build

Any ideas what might be going wrong here?

**Nokia** · 31st January 2010, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by chaud lapin

I have an Asus Eee PC 1001HA with the same wireless chipset. I found this thread via Google, and I just took a look at the bug report in Bugzilla.

I have been using Fedora since 2004, but I don't have any experience with Rawhide. To install the 2.6.32 kernel that mentioned above, do I need to install F12 in all its Alpha/Beta glory?

Are there any less drastic options for installing this driver under F12? I tried installing the kmod-rt2860 driver from Fusion (this driver is supposed to cover the 3090 chipset), but Fedora still doesn't see the wireless card.

Thanks

F12 is stable. F13 is in alpha state.

leigh123linux · 31st January 2010, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by chaud lapin

Thanks for the point to the Ubuntu forum.

So it looks like compiling the source is the way to go.

I installed gcc, which installed the kernel-headers and some other packages as well:

Code:

cloog-ppl.i686 0:0.15.7-1.fc12  
cpp.i686 0:4.4.2-20.fc12   
glibc-devel.i686 0:2.11.1-1  
glibc-headers.i686 0:2.11.1-1  
kernel-headers.i686 0:2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12 
mpfr.i686 0:2.4.1-5.fc12        
ppl.i686 0:0.10.2-10.fc12

However, when I run 'make' it chokes on an non-existent directory:

Code:

# make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools'
/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/local/src/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.2_20100127/os/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Indeed, the symlink 'build' is pointing to an nonexistent directory:

Code:

# ll /lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686/ | grep ^l
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root     52 2010-01-27 23:58 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root      5 2010-01-27 23:58 source -> build

Any ideas what might be going wrong here?

Try

Code:

su
yum install kernel-devel

Post

Code:

uname -r

Code:

rpm -qa |grep kernel |sort

**chaud lapin** · 31st January 2010, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Nokia

F12 is stable. F13 is in alpha state.

Sorry, that was a typo.

Install 'kernel-devel' did the trick.

I was able run 'make' and 'make install'

then:

Code:

# cd os/linux
# insmod rt3090sta.ko
# ifconfig ra0 up
# ifconfig ra0
ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00  
          inet6 addr: fe80::225:d3ff:fe53:94b2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:32264 (31.5 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:17

But now for some reason, I can't seem to get a lease from my WAP; dhclient sits waiting at DHCPACK:

Code:

dhclient -v ra0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.0p1
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/ra0/00:25:d3:53:94:b2
Sending on   LPF/ra0/00:25:d3:53:94:b2
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.3
DHCPREQUEST on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.3

Any thoughts on what might be going wrong here?

On a side note: does anyone know what happened to the Gnome network configuration app? It was in F11 but appears to have been removed from F12. Is it being rewritten?

leigh123linux · 31st January 2010, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by chaud lapin

Sorry, that was a typo.

Install 'kernel-devel' did the trick.

I was able run 'make' and 'make install'

then:

Code:

# cd os/linux
# insmod rt3090sta.ko
# ifconfig ra0 up
# ifconfig ra0
ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00  
          inet6 addr: fe80::225:d3ff:fe53:94b2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:32264 (31.5 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:17

But now for some reason, I can't seem to get a lease from my WAP; dhclient sits waiting at DHCPACK:

Code:

dhclient -v ra0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.0p1
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/ra0/00:25:d3:53:94:b2
Sending on   LPF/ra0/00:25:d3:53:94:b2
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.3
DHCPREQUEST on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.3

Any thoughts on what might be going wrong here?

On a side note: does anyone know what happened to the Gnome network configuration app? It was in F11 but appears to have been removed from F12. Is it being rewritten?

Try

Code:

system-config-network

Have you tried using networkmanager to connect?

**chaud lapin** · 31st January 2010, 02:34 PM

For some reason, NetworkManager still doesn't see the wireless device, ra0.

I created a script for it in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, and I restarted network and NetworkManager, but it only displays Wired Network in the notification area helper app.

Thanks for pointing out system-config-network.

update: the dhcp lease problem fixed; little error in server dhcpd.conf

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