Bug 95383 – rt2500-1.1.0_beta2-r1 refuses to build on kernel 2.4.28-gentoo-r9

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM

[Description MAL 2005-06-07 13:49:24 UTC]

The emerge fails with:

 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.4.28-gentoo-r9
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options

!!! ERROR: net-wireless/rt2500-1.1.0_beta2-r1 failed.
!!! Function pkg_setup, Line 31, Exitcode 1
!!! please use a kernel >=2.6.6
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.


As a side note, why is there only the rt2x00.serialmonkey.com driver in portage,
and not the official one from ralinktech.com?  They still seem to be releasing
them (latest being 4 days ago).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:




Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0/2.4, gcc-3.3.5-20050130,
glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.4.28-gentoo-r9 i586)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.28-gentoo-r9 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1,
Apr 28 2005, 13:30:39)]
distcc 2.16 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.2.3-r5, 2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    [Not Present]
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.8.5-r3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.9.5, 1.4_p6
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.16
virtual/os-headers:  2.4.19-r1, 2.4.22-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -mcpu=k6-2 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -mcpu=k6-2 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms
strict userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/
http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo
http://mirror.uni-c.dk/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j1"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow X alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups curl dga
directfb divx4linux emboss encode esd fam fbcon flac foomaticdb gd gdbm ggi gif
gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib java javascript jpeg libg++ libwww live lzo mad
maildir matroska matrox mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg msn mysql nas ncurses network
nls ogg oggvorbis opengl operanom2 oscar oss pam pdflib perl pic png python qt
quicktime readline rtc samba sdl slang speex spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex theora
tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v4l v4l2 vorbis wmf wxgtk1
wxwindows xanim xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid xvmc yahoo zlib
video_cards_matrox userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS

[Comment 1 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2005-06-07 22:13:25 UTC]

I am almost sure they have a fix in the cvs, can you please get a patch for me
to apply?

[Comment 2 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2005-06-07 22:13:51 UTC]

if you want to add an ebuild for the "official" driver, go ahead :)

[Comment 3 MAL 2005-06-08 02:20:12 UTC]

I'll have a look for a patch, but the ebuild fails due to it's own checking - it 
doesn't even try and compile for 2.4.x
Is this version known to not work with 2.4.x and that's why <2.6.6 is blocked?

I just compiled the "official" driver by hand and the kernel panicked on load.  
Guess I won't be bothering :p

[Comment 4 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2005-06-10 08:33:51 UTC]

The kernel 2.4 patch would need to come from the rt2x00project.
Closing this as UPSTREAM, please reopen when a patch for 2.4 support is available

[Comment 5 MAL 2005-06-24 06:56:25 UTC]

The status of this is wrong, it's not marked upstream, and it's certainly not 
resolved.

[Comment 6 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-06-24 09:18:34 UTC]

Reopening.

[Comment 7 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-06-24 09:19:05 UTC]

Really closing as UPSTREAM this time.