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Kasperczak
Feb 22, 2019Tutor
Netgear A6210 - compiling Linux driver
I recently purchased the Network USB stick and am trying to compile the driver on Linux. I am running on Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu 18.04) and trying to follow the thread here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/WiFi-Adapters/A6210-ADAPTER-ON-LINUX-UBUNTU/td-p/1062677
I downloaded the driver successfully but am getting an error on running make:
$ make
export DBGFLAGS
*** Building driver with debug messages ***
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/4.18.0-14-generic/build DBGFLAGS=-DDBG SUBDIRS=/home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.18.0-14-generic'
CC [M] /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o
In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:9:0,
from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81,
from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36,
from ./include/linux/time.h:6,
from ./include/linux/stat.h:19,
from ./include/linux/module.h:10,
from /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/include/os/rt_linux.h:14,
from /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/include/rtmp_os.h:30,
from /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/include/rtmp_comm.h:64,
from /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:33:
In function ‘memcpy’,
inlined from ‘rt_ioctl_iwaplist’ at /home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:549:2:
./include/linux/string.h:341:4: error: call to ‘__read_overflow2’ declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object passed as 2nd parameter
__read_overflow2();
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
scripts/Makefile.build:325: recipe for target '/home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o] Error 1
Makefile:1534: recipe for target '_module_/home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/johnc/src/Netgear-A6210/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.18.0-14-generic'
Makefile:59: recipe for target 'debug' failed
make: *** [debug] Error 2
I am therefore unable to complete compilation. Can anyone help me with this please?
2 Replies
I think I have solved this problem by using the driver from here instead:
git clone -b port-to-4.15 https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210.git
This version compiled with some warnings but compilation completed successfully. After a 'make install' the A6210 was recognized and functioned correctly at least for a brief test.
- laurence_jjAspirant
Hi, I still get the same error as reported by the OP. Even following these instructions.