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    Adding a kernel module for USB wifi adapter

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        A Former User
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        This time I used the make_defconfig.sh script in hammerhead/ instead of make ARCH=arm menuconfig. This script wants a config file from arch/arm/configs/ to edit. The problem is that there are 3 different configs for hammerhead:

        • cyanogenmod_hammerhead_defconfig
        • hammerhead_defconfig
        • tct_hammer_defconfig (I guess this one says "hammer", not "hammerhead")

        When I do uname -a on my Nexus, it says cyanogenmod in there, so I picked that one. Building now.

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          A Former User
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          Build was successful. Still no driver in the output though.

          root@ubports:~/ubp-5.1/out/target/product/hammerhead# find . |grep -i mt76
root@ubports:~/ubp-5.1/out/target/product/hammerhead# find . |grep -i mediatek
./obj/KERNEL_OBJ/include/config/wlan/vendor/mediatek.h
root@ubports:~/ubp-5.1/out/target/product/hammerhead# cat ./obj/KERNEL_OBJ/include/config/wlan/vendor/mediatek.h
root@ubports:~/ubp-5.1/out/target/product/hammerhead#
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            A Former User
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            This time I did ./make_defconfig.sh hammerhead_defconfig. Note how the changes made to the cyanogenmod file remain despite make clean and make mrproper:

            	modified:   arch/arm/configs/cyanogenmod_hammerhead_defconfig
	modified:   arch/arm/configs/hammerhead_defconfig

            Another potentially relevant thing I noticed: In the configuration menu provided by make_defconfig.sh, only a Mediatek group is shown. There is no entry for the mt7601u. This was not the case when I used make ARCH=arm menuconfig. Perhaps an indication of a configuration issue that is causing the driver to not be detected? But then why was it detected in the other case? Assuming this build fails to produce the desired result, I will investigate this next.

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              A Former User
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              I assumed correctly. Here is the section referencing Mediatek in the .config that make_defconfig.sh would generate:

              CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_MEDIATEK=y

              Compare the Broadcom (I think) drivers section:

              CONFIG_BCMDHD=y
CONFIG_BCM4339=y
CONFIG_BCMDHD_FW_PATH="/vendor/firmware/fw_bcmdhd.bin"
CONFIG_BCMDHD_NVRAM_PATH="/etc/wifi/bcmdhd.cal"

              And the Mediatek section in a .config I generated with make ARCH=arm menuconfig:

              CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_MEDIATEK=y
CONFIG_MT7601U=m

              I'll try to simply manually add these two lines to hammerhead_defconfig and cyanogenmod_hammerhead_defconfig for the next build.

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                A Former User
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                Found this in the mt7601u's Kconfig:

                	depends on MAC80211
	depends on USB

                mac80211 is something that can be selected in the config menu in Networking support → Wireless. It is not selected by default. When you select it, the mt7601u driver appears in the Mediatek wireless driver section of the menu as it should.

                I edited both hammerhead_defconfig and cyanogenmod_hammerhead_defconfig like this (using make_defconfig.sh of course). Building again.

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                  A Former User
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                  Build finished. Seemingly no change. Maybe out/ is supposed to be like this. Will flash tomorrow and check.

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                    A Former User
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                    Flashed and checked with lsmod, modinfo and find. It looks like, despite everything, the module was still not installed.

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                      A Former User
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                      device/lge/hammerhead/BoardConfig.mk confirms that the configuration file I've been working with is the right one:

                      # Define kernel config for inline building
TARGET_KERNEL_CONFIG := cyanogenmod_hammerhead_defconfig
TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE := kernel/lge/hammerhead

                      device/lge/hammerhead/init.hammerhead.rc has something that could be relevant:

                        # wifi
    chown wifi system /persist/wifi
    insmod /system/lib/modules/bcmdhd.ko

                      I'll add another insmod line for mt7601u and see what happens. My guess is it will either break something or do nothing.

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                        A Former User
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                        I tried mkap, which failed to push anything to the device, but it did create ./out/target/product/hammerhead/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/include/config/mt7601u.h. I also noticed that all the .h files in obj/KERNEL_OBJ/include/config/ are empty.

                        Flashed, replaced system image, no change.

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                          I am literally unable to tell you what happened next, because all my posts are being flagged as spam.

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                            @zehkira maybe because of external links. Happens sometimes.

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                              I'm out of ideas.

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                                @zehkira I congratulate you on your remarkable persistence, even though I have little understanding of what you have been doing.

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