hostap0.2.4 on fedora core2 instalaion problems

[nikhil hegde]

Hi Jar,
Thanx a million for the help. I was finally able to
install hostap and it is up and running:-) 

regards
Nikhil



  
--- jar <jar at pcuf.fi> wrote:

> nikhil hegde wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > I am a beginner and am trying to install hostap
> driver
> > for fedora core on my PC.I went through the
> mailing
> > list and tried thsese things:
> > I started with 
> > * cp /boot/config-2.6.5-1.358
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358/.config
> > * I ran make in the directory where i have
> untarred
> > hostap driver(/home/nikhil/hostap-driver-0.2.4)
> and I
> > am getting this error:(Actually the list is huge
> but i
> > am cutting it short)
> > 
> >
>
/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h:818:
> > error: storage size of `rx_tasklet' isn't known
> >
>
/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h:819:
> > error: storage size of `rx_list' isn't known
> >
>
/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h:821:
> > error: storage size of `sta_tx_exc_tasklet' isn't
> > known
> >
>
/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h:822:
> > error: storage size of `sta_tx_exc_list' isn't
> known
> >
>
/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap_ap.h:65:
> > error: storage size of `tx_buf' isn't known
> > include/linux/proc_fs.h:210: warning:
> > `create_proc_read_entry' declared `static' but
> never
> > defined
> > make[2]: ***
> >
>
[/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules/hostap.o]
> > Error 1
> > make[1]: ***
> >
>
[/home/wireless/meghadoot/hostap-driver-0.2.4/driver/modules]
> > Error 
> > 
> > *If I did only "make menuconfig" instead of
> copying
> > the .config file from /boot then the steps "make
> and
> > make install" worked but modprobe hostap_plx gave
> me
> > an error something like:(I changed KERNELPATH and
> > modified EXTRAVERSION in tihs case)
> >     hostap.ko: Invalid module format
> >     hostap_plx.ko:invalid module format
> > 
> > The wireless card that I am using is prism2
> chipset,
> > US robotics card. Could anyone please help me in
> this
> > regard?
> 
> If your kernel is 2.6.5-1.358, just do:
> 
> 1. untar the hostap-driver-0.2.4.tar.gz package
> 2. cd to the hostap-driver-0.2.4/ directory
> 3. run make: make
> KERNEL_PATH=/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build
> 
> That's it
> 
> RB. Jar
> 



		
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