[Arm-netbook] compiling wireless drivers

[Frans Pop]

On Wednesday 31 March 2010, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> I thought I'd have a go at compiling the wireless drivers. From the
> ralink website, I am fairly sure that the driver labelled
> RT3070USB(RT307x) is the one used by mid-fun.

I've downloaded it as well. At first it wouldn't work, but after fixing 
their source I now have what you see at the bottom.

What was wrong? Oh, for some reason they did not include the USB device ID 
of our device. I added it and it all seems fine. I've not yet made an 
actual connection, but the fact that the scan works is a great start.

BTW, I've also patched our kernel to power on the device (based on info 
earlier provided by Luke). I'll test if it also works without that or not.

Cheers,
FJP

$ iwconfig ra0
ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"11n-AP"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:-115 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

$ iwlist ra0 scan
ra0       Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:21:27:E8:A1:46
                  Protocol:802.11b/g
                  ESSID:"M3d3mbl1k"
                  Mode:Managed
                  Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                  Quality:18/100  Signal level:-83 dBm  Noise level:-78 dBm
                  Encryption key:on
                  Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:C1:38:E5:15
                  Protocol:802.11b/g
                  ESSID:"middle-earth"
                  Mode:Managed
                  Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
                  Quality:57/100  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-92 dBm
                  Encryption key:on
                  Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                  IE: WPA Version 1
                      Group Cipher : CCMP
                      Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                      Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                  IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                      Group Cipher : CCMP
                      Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                       Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                  IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:22:6B:5B:CB:E4
                  Protocol:802.11b/g
                  ESSID:"Linksys-secured"
                  Mode:Managed
                  Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                  Quality:13/100  Signal level:-85 dBm  Noise level:-87 dBm
                  Encryption key:on
                  Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                  IE: WPA Version 1
                      Group Cipher : TKIP
                      Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                      Authentication Suites (1) : PSK