Instructions for rookies + install-linux target in Makefile #71
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Hi,
User should copy original firmware to save place. I know no installer which cares about copying target file to backup. |
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Olerem, both of your comments are incorrect:
Instead, you're asking the user to RTFM chown and friends, and understand the intricacies of /lib/firmware and handling root-owned files. This is a perfectly good change request, and exactly what a rookie needs to safely install new firmware on a Debian or Ubuntu system. |
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You right, my mistake. |
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Please add comments to your patches and add Signed-off-by:. |
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After this patch https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc (kernel v4.4-rc1) we use file name as FW version. |
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+1 |
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@chenyow hi sir, after following the steps the following errors appear root@debian:~/Desktop# dmesg | tail . my device is https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Altai_WA1011N-GU with ar9271 chipset i also followed the steps to usb modeswitching at : https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc ifconfig is not showing the device. also google search said that the error is due to broken device but it is working on my windows xp |
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On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 09:20:58PM +0000, DukhiAatma wrote:
***@***.***:~/Desktop# dmesg | tail
[ 3841.784928] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ohci-pci
Full-speed? Are you connecting via a non-high-speed USB hub?
[ 3842.269784] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=07b8, idProduct=9271
You should probably try
modprobe ath9k_htc
echo 07b8 9271 | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/ath9k_htc/new_id
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@paulfertser i immediately realised my mistake and changed the usb setting to 2.0 on my vm and now error messages are gone and now it is ehci-pci but the device is still not working. and ifconfig not showing device edit 👍 the last two commands worked ! thank you kind sir !!! its been two days. |
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On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 09:44:25PM +0000, DukhiAatma wrote:
***@***.*** i immediately realised my mistake and changed the usb setting to
2.0 on my vm and now error messages are gone and now it is ehci-pci but the
device is still not working.
Please show dmesg after you add that vid/pid pair via new_id, as I
suggested.
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@paulfertser |
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@paulfertser i just reconnected the device. i have to input the two commands you suggested every time but it works !!!!!!! |
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On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 02:09:21PM -0800, DukhiAatma wrote:
***@***.*** i just reconnected the device. i have to input the two commands
you suggested every time but it works !!!!!!!
No, those commands should be needed just once per OS boot.
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@paulfertser thank you for pointing the mistake. i just rebooted. and entered the commands. there was new error root@debian:~# dmesg | tail and realised i had also used compat wireless when it didn't work previously. deleted duplicate drivers and now working as you said once per boot. |
as reported in: qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware#71 (comment) Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
Detailed steps on how to build and install the firmware for Debian and Ubuntu systems.