Dear All,
How do I compile the bcm4329.ko wlan driver to nexus one? I'm using the kernel 2.6.32-nexusonec but when I compile the kernel, it dont put the bcm4329.ko on the directory drivers/net/wireless.
Thank you
Kind Regards,
Ricardo Silva
Moved as not Android Development.
Sorry. I thought that because was about the kernel, it was to be created on development forum.
About the question posted, some tip??
Thanks
No one knows?
A lot of kernels for Nexus One with the wlan driver and no answer to this?
Good Idea.
** Solved **
- Used Koush AnyKernel Updater
- Switched to to the self compiled bcm4329.ko modul.
- Repacked with Koush AnyKernel Updater
- Flashed the File
* working like a charm
i am stuck too atm.
Compiled an Kernel and need the WLAN Modul. wlan.ko is compiled like described at CM Wiki.
i tried following :
adb remount
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules
tried the same with the : wlan.ko
Flashed the Kernel through fastboot, Kernel is booting up and is working like a charm. If i try to enable WLAN i got only "Error".
Perhaps someone skilled can help, would be nice to get a hint.
Best regards,
Alex.
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Can some one compile or point me to a cifs.ko that is compatible with the incredible. The ones I can find do not seem to be. Thanks in advance.
Interesting
http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount.cifs Not that I can help but if anyone wanted a quick reference.
Alot of the roms for other phones have it but its not compatible with out kernel. Is there a guide how to compile kernels? I made a couple in linux that worked. long ago..
here ya go...what app are you using to browse CIFS shares? I haven't tested this module, but just compiled it now.
Forgive me as I haven't actually tried this, but here is the 10,000 foot view:
At a minimum, you will need a linux system, with a gcc-arm cross compiler set up. I believe the android-sdk provides one. The version used by current kernels is gcc-4.4.4.
Then you will need the sources of the kernel you are running. The hydra kernel git tree is here: http://github.com/ejhart/Hydra-kernels.git , and the stock kernel sources are here: http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/Source_and_Binaries/incrediblec_cc1c2268.tar.bz2
The hydra git tree doesn't seem to have a a working .config included, but this isn't so important if you are only building and installing kernel modules. From there, you'll need to configure the kernel in cross compiler mode, add the modules you want, and you will need to make sure the version magic string is identical to the kernel you are using. From there run make, and once the compile is finished, find the .ko 's you want, and push them to the /system/modules folder where you can insmod them.
Edit: You can use the .config from /proc/config.gz, didn't see it in there before.
mattwood2000 said:
here ya go...what app are you using to browse CIFS shares? I haven't tested this module, but just compiled it now.
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I got one from another user but thanks do you still want me to try it? I mounted my share in a directory on the SDCARD so i can browse it with any file manager. I think any app that scans the sd card will also scan my server with about 8TB so that is a minor issue.
kernel compile guide
A guide for compiling kernels can be found here :
http://code.google.com/p/android-serialport-api/wiki/Htc
I not a techie and a newbie at any android development.
Since the guide is more or less a a set of instructions with no theory.
Got it to run, but not sure what I was doing.
Any assistance in provide either cifs.ko for the HTC Aria w/ kernel version :
liberty-2.6.29-21f066a6 or instructions on how to compile the module would be greatly
appreciated.
BTW - there an app on the store for automating the CIFS mount (CIFSManager
Regards,
-d
veli69 said:
I got one from another user but thanks do you still want me to try it? I mounted my share in a directory on the SDCARD so i can browse it with any file manager. I think any app that scans the sd card will also scan my server with about 8TB so that is a minor issue.
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Could you please post the cifs.ko file that you have that works. Thanks.
OOMatter said:
Could you please post the cifs.ko file that you have that works.
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Note that the post you quote was from before the 2.2 OTA, and hence that cifs.ko would be incompatible with the current kernel.
elborak said:
Note that the post you quote was from before the 2.2 OTA, and hence that cifs.ko would be incompatible with the current kernel.
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Thanks for pointing that out. So does anyone have a compatible cifs.ko for the current DINC kernel?
OOMatter said:
Thanks for pointing that out. So does anyone have a compatible cifs.ko for the current DINC kernel?
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I do. Check my blog. http://adrynalyne.us
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veli69 said:
Alot of the roms for other phones have it but its not compatible with out kernel. Is there a guide how to compile kernels? I made a couple in linux that worked. long ago..
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http://marakana.com/forums/android/examples/111.html
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGLE!!!!!!!!! YEAH!
Thats all fine and dandy except our source isn't on any git.
developer.htc.com
philips w732 vermagic '3.0.13 preempt mod_unload armv7' working cifs.ko and md4.ko modules
narod.ru/disk/63766749001.47b679339538b050028c3c7d87506dd2/md4.ko.html
narod.ru/disk/63743140001.693272f3661d5aac547ecc760f04db05/cifs.ko.html
Hi all,
we are trying to build our own kernel for a Samsung Galaxy S (I9000XWJVB).
What we did so far:
- Download the correct sources from "opensource.samsung.com"
- Studied the README
- Installed cross-compiler toolchain
- Created ".config" as described in README
- Kernel compiled
Compilation worked fine -> zImage was available (but with only 2mb very)
OK, looks like initramfs is missing.
The first question is now, where to get / how to create a correct initramfs?
We copied the initramfs from Leshak and we extracted an ".cpio" from a working zImage.
Then we tried to use them in the ".config" (CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) for kernel compilation.
Resultant zImage was larger (around 6mb) so it looks like something changed.
But once we installed the tared zImage on the phone (using Odin), the phone freezes during reboot.
Any advice how to progress here?
Is it possible to use Leshaks initramfs for all Galaxy S phones? Or is this only for a specific version? The CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE should point to the "initrd.arm.initramfs_list", correct? And not to the initramfs-folder?
And: Is there a way to get any type of kernel boot debugging message from the booting phone back to the PC (or the phone screen)?
Many thanks in advance!
I don't know much about kernels. But i will try to help. Have you tried other itiramfs or reconfig them?
There are not many people that will know answer so ask some kernel developers like hardcore, supercurio...
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Just saw 2nd question. I think that it should point to intiramfs folder. You can zip all kernel files and upload it so i can take a look at them
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Hi,
themate1987 said:
I don't know much about kernels. But i will try to help. Have you tried other itiramfs or reconfig them?
There are not many people that will know answer so ask some kernel developers like hardcore, supercurio...
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we tried four different initramfs now, but ended up always with a freezing phone.
I would like to ask the kernel experts directly, but I'm new to this forum and not allowed to post in the developers forums. I hope that one of the gurus will reply to this thread.
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Just saw 2nd question. I think that it should point to intiramfs folder.
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My understanding is that the .list file will describe the structure of the initramfs folder and if this file is present, it should by used in the .config. Otherwise the .config should point to the folder.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
But anyway, we tried both versions, none worked.
Regards!
PM some kernel developers
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Use speedmod kernel patches with the readme file he has given..
or else you can go through supercurio threads also ...
they explained the kernel compilation methods....
thanks
Did you get this to work finally? I too am trying to compile and flash a custom kernel ( For SGS4G) I point my INIIRAMFS_SOURCE to an extracted initram dir, but the resulting boot zImage does not proceed past the initial boot screen(s) Please let me know if you succeeded, and if yes, how.
Thanks!
What I got the problem was about initramfs.cpio.
At that moment , the most important point you know is you should make the file in Linux..
When my friend made me a file is initramfs.cpio , it worked well.
But what I made in window made always troubles for compile.
So if you made a initramfs.cpio with hexeditor in window, try it in Linux again..
Thx!
Hello,
I'm looking to access Broadcom 4329 sources and make some minimal modifications.
I could successfully compile Kernel and bcm4329.ko and upload to the phone. Both Kernel a module are working fine. Except that I can't find the true sources and modify them.
There are many guides, some outdateted, and confuses me a bit.
I found bcm4329 sources at ~/android/system/hardware/broadcom/wlan/bcm4329/src but those files are never being used at all while compiling.
On Nexus One this folder seams to be completelly unused.
When I compile the Kernel it also makes a working bcm4329.ko module with files from ~/android/kernel/cm-kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329.
I need help to known how can I modify sources a compile them.
Which files are the 'true' sources for this drivers to be modifed?
I add a printk in wl_cfg80211.c located at both folders, but do nothing.
Regards,
for the record: we found the solution, the module gets compiled with the sources from
Code:
cm-kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329/
Some background info:
I'm the author of PPP Widget which is an app that enables mobile data connections on Android devices with USB host capabilities - even if they are WiFi-only.
It turned out that many Android devices have the drivers for 3G sticks already on board, included with the stock kernel. The one large exception are Samsung devices ...
I started to provide the missing drivers as modules (mostly "ppp_async" and "option" which depends on "usb_wwan"). That worked well for some Google devices and also for Samsung devices running ICS, using the source packages from
http://opensource.samsung.com/
In their JB kernels though, Samsung enabled the "MODVERSION" option. Furthermore, compiling the modules with the officially recommended toolchain resulted in a different "module_layout" checksum than in the modules provided in the firmware.
This prevents using any additonal modules on the devices. "insmod" refuses to load these modules.
The only explanation for this problem is that the custom device configuration provided in the source packages does not match the configuration of the device kernel.
This is the case for all GT-P31xx and GT-P51xx models as far as I can tell.
My take is that Samsung is required to provide the correct kernel configuration under the rules of the GPL. Maybe anyone else wants to contact Samsung on this behalf; I already did several times - still waiting for an answer ...
That's the reason why I build everyting from source including the GPU driver and lost exFAT support http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859227 and the boot image result http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855700 .
ketut.kumajaya said:
That's the reason why I build everyting from source including the GPU driver and lost exFAT support
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Unfortunately, replacing the kernel is no option for end users. The modules I provide are going into a folder on the sdcard, and can be "insmod'ed" from there with no problem - once their magic string and the "modversions" are matching the kernel on the device. The latter is the wall I'm hitting ...
JFDee said:
Unfortunately, replacing the kernel is no option for end users. The modules I provide are going into a folder on the sdcard, and can be "insmod'ed" from there with no problem - once their magic string and the "modversions" are matching the kernel on the device. The latter is the wall I'm hitting ...
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Thanx alot for such a great development. ...
Adi™
Creator Of Sungsonic™HD
I have received a reply from Samsung. They have updated the JB open source package for GT-P3110, GT-P5110 and GT-N7100 (which previously included a config file from 3.0.15 for a kernel version of 3.0.31 !!).
Unfortunately, the modversions of the compiled kernel are still different and incompatible. I have replied with these finding.
Waiting again ...
BTW, the only recent kernel config consistent with the actual device kernel that I have found is for the GT-N8000 (3.0.31). So it is possible to provide a matching configuration.
JFDee said:
I have received a reply from Samsung. They have updated the JB open source package for GT-P3110, GT-P5110 and GT-N7100 (which previously included a config file from 3.0.15 for a kernel version of 3.0.31 !!).
Unfortunately, the modversions of the compiled kernel are still different and incompatible. I have replied with these finding.
Waiting again ...
BTW, the only recent kernel config consistent with the actual device kernel that I have found is for the GT-N8000 (3.0.31). So it is possible to provide a matching configuration.
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If You will start to work with kernel I'm willing to beta test with my P5110. Only issue for me is that I need to know what 3G dongle to buy (well need it anyway so would prefer an advice from someone who know something about it). I'm living in Poland and Ireland (once here once there) so I can even test LTE modems (well donations here, myself can spend up to ~50€ on 3G one) because in Wroclaw, Poland I heard it's quite good, also I got H+/H on SGSII here. While in Ireland signal is not THAT strong due to fact most of places are quite remote (except Dublin, Galway etc). Hope I can help in either way
This is what I wrote to Samsung concerning the botched configuration file provided with the latest GT-P3110 kernel source:
Thank you for the source code update.
However, I have asked for the kernel configuration that matches exactly the kernel on the GT-P3110.
I have compiled the kernel from the provided update, but the module layout checksum does *not* match the one from the kernel running on my device.
On the device: module_layout 0xb5a27644
From source: module_layout 0x143474f1
I have used the recommended toolchain "CodeSourcery 2010q1" and the unchanged config file provided with the source ("android_espresso_omap4430_r04_user_defconfig").
Please be aware that you are obliged by the GPL to provide the correct config file for the binary kernel that you are distributing.
As a side note: the configuration provided with the kernel source for the GT-N8000 *does* match the kernel on the device, so there is no doubt that it is possible to get the configuration right.
Other Android vendors are just enabling the "embedded" config file in the kernel, so that the correct configuration is simply available on the device as "/proc/config.gz". This is so much less trouble. I suggest that you enable this option for Samsung kernels too.
Regards,
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The GT-N8010 is also in the same situation you describe - config for 3.0.15 and jb stock kernel at 3.0.31, can't build working modules for stock.
davp, there seems to have been some activity at the Samsung open source center after my messages.
I suggest you make yourself heard as well. Use the "Inquiry" button next to the package download link in the table for your device.
To be able to add working modules to the device, the kernel configuration for the source has to be 100% compatible. It does not matter if any closed drivers are missing as we don't want to replace the kernel - but all those general debugging config options should be correct.
BTW, there is a history of similar issues:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123643
The kernel source for the GT-P3110 has been updated once more, and this time they have fixed the configuration.
With the latest JB update we can actually build working modules for the current firmware.
I confirmed this to the Samsung people and reminded them of the other devices in need of this fix: GT-P3100, GT-P5100, GT-P5110, GT-N7100 and probably more (like the GT-N8010).
JFDee said:
The kernel source for the GT-P3110 has been updated once more, and this time they have fixed the configuration.
With the latest JB update we can actually build working modules for the current firmware.
I confirmed this to the Samsung people and reminded them of the other devices in need of this fix: GT-P3100, GT-P5100, GT-P5110, GT-N7100 and probably more (like the GT-N8010).
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So for now we might get stock kernel which will support 3G modems via USB OTG? How about other kernels such as CM10.1?
I'm looking for good 3G dongle then Any advices?
Additional kernel modules for stock JB P31xx (tested) and P51xx (untested), contains:
- usb_wwan, ppp_async, and option module for PPP Widget
- dns_resolver, md4, and cifs module for cifs/samba filesystem support
- sunrpc, lockd, and nfs module for nfs filesystem support
Kernel config file attached.
FTDI Single Port Serial Driver added.
cifs.ko not working on P3100 JB 4.1.2 (stock rooted)
ketut.kumajaya said:
Additional kernel modules for stock JB P31xx (tested) and P51xx (untested), contains:
- usb_wwan, ppp_async, and option module for PPP Widget
- dns_resolver, md4, and cifs module for cifs/samba filesystem support
- sunrpc, lockd, and nfs module for nfs filesystem support
Kernel config file attached.
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Hi ketut.kumajaya,
I'm trying to use cifs.ko but i get:
/system/lib/modules # insmod cifs.ko
insmod: can't insert 'cifs.ko': unknown symbol in module or invalid parameter
I have:
/system/lib/modules # uname -a
Linux localhost 3.0.31-1084989 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 25 14:53:07 KST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
I tried other cirs.ko with same result.
Can you give me some clues of what can I do?
Thank you.
Try insmod in order:
insmod dns_resolver.ko
insmod md4.ko
insmod cifs.ko
If something goes wrong, see the kernel messages using dmesg.
ketut.kumajaya said:
Try insmod in order:
insmod dns_resolver.ko
insmod md4.ko
insmod cifs.ko
If something goes wrong, see the kernel messages using dmesg.
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Great!!!
That's the solution.
In my Tab 10.1 4.0.4 I'm loading (different kernel and different modules, of course):
insmod cifs.ko
insmod md4.ko
insmod nls_utf8.ko
So I was not thinking I should use a different order.
Thank you.
With no custom kernels available for us on stock, I decided to try to build one from source. Then add a few governors and maybe a few other things but first I need to get a stock one fully working. I have got it working except for the WiFi will not even turn on. Ive tried placing the modules in /system/lib/modules and just about everything else I can find to try but it will not work. Has anyone been able to get a kernel compiled with working WiFi? If so what am I missing here?
Edit: I think it may have to do with wlan.ko. It is not compiling with make or make modules. I downloaded the source code for it on Moto's Git but I'm not sure how to get it to compile. There is no Makefile in the source. Any ideas?
Check out my git: https://github.com/zwliew/victara/commits/kitkat. It has the relevant commits to compile the wifi module.
zwliew said:
Check out my git: https://github.com/zwliew/victara/commits/kitkat. It has the relevant commits to compile the wifi module.
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Ok, I got the module to build but it says the file size is 41.2mb. This seems very large. Also, will this need to be renamed to pronto_wlan because in /system/lib/modules there is a pronto folder with that module located in it?