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Re: Netgear A6210 - compiling Linux driver
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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?
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Re: Netgear A6210 - compiling Linux driver
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.
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Re: Netgear A6210 - compiling Linux driver
Hi, I still get the same error as reported by the OP. Even following these instructions.
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