backports compat-wireless

y52

Has anybody suceeded in setting up backports compat-wireless, compat-drivers ?
http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~mcgrof/rel-html/backports/

The concept is interesting to reuse old devices with the new boards. So far I haven't succeded:
root@OrangePI:/usr/src# cd backports-4.2.6-1

root@OrangePI:/usr/src/backports-4.2.6-1# make defconfig-wifi
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer   -c -o conf.o conf.c
conf.c:6:20: fatal error: locale.h: No such file or directory
#include <locale.h>
                    ^
compilation terminated.
<builtin>: recipe for target 'conf.o' failed
make[2]: *** [conf.o] Error 1
Makefile.real:41: recipe for target 'defconfig-wifi' failed
make[1]: *** [defconfig-wifi] Error 2
Makefile:40: recipe for target 'defconfig-wifi' failed
make: *** [defconfig-wifi] Error 2


I was trying alternatively to build the old driver for RTL-8187
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=r8187

Errors :
root@OrangePI:/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006# make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187 modules
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/trunk/linux-3.4'
  CC [M]  /usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187/r8187_core.o
gcc: error: -mfloat-abi=soft and -mfloat-abi=hard may not be used together
scripts/Makefile.build:307: recipe for target '/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187/r8187_core.o' failed
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187/r8187_core.o] Error 1
Makefile:1365: recipe for target '_module_/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187' failed
make: *** [_module_/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/trunk/linux-3.4'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/trunk/linux-3.4'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006/beta-8187'

jeevasv

Before trying any of these could you please try with the latest openelec image and see if your wifi device is detected?

y52

What an openelec image is? Where could it be found? I downloaded images from  orangepi.org downloads resource.

melanrz

y52 replied at 2016-2-9 06:51
What an openelec image is? Where could it be found? I downloaded images from  orangepi.org downloads ...

from forum,section openelec

makama80

In my humble opinion this is the "Device drivers（GPU&VPU)" section.

WereCatf

I did compile backports 4.1.1, added the mt7601u too. I had to patch some things and there are a few more kinks to work out still, but it's doable. Newer backports would require a lot more work due to using the new crypto-functions which have not been backported.

y52

Could you post the log of your compilation stages?
I was unable to build it on a fresh Debian image. I am more get used to Fedora and Kali and would like to use them instead.