open80211s on the XO 1.5

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> I have two OLPC XO 1.5 B2 machines
>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_1.5_B2).  Here is what I get.
>>
>> [olpc at localhost ~]$ uname -a
>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.30_xo1.5-20091009.1746.1.olpc.69c8c87
>> #1 PREEMPT Fri Oct 9 17:53:38 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>>
>> [olpc at localhost ~]$ lspci
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 0409 (rev 03)
>> 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 1409
>> 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 2409
>> 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3409
>> 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 4409
>> 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 5409
>> 00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 6409
>> 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 7409
>> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 5122
>> 00:0c.0 SD Host controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. SDIO Host Controller (rev 10)
>> 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>> Controller (rev a0)
>> 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>> Controller (rev a0)
>> 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90)
>> 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 8409
>> 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 South-North
>> Module Interface Control
>> 00:14.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC]
>> (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 20)
>>
>> lsusb
>>
>> [olpc at localhost ~]$ lsusb
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>
>>
>> I've tried the following based on directions in the HOWTO.
>>
>> [olpc at localhost ~]$ iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp mesh_id 123456789
>> nl80211 not found.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Hi Sameer.  o11s mesh is a part of mac80211 and therefore will work on
> network interfaces that use the mac80211 stack.  The
> currently-supported drivers are listed here:
> http://o11s.org/trac#DriverStatus
> or you can see them on the Wireless wiki under the "mesh" column:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
>
>  -Andrey
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Thanks, Andrey.

lsmod reveals

[olpc at localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
vfat                    9156  0
fat                    42208  1 vfat
fuse                   47936  2
uinput                  6852  1
mousedev               10788  0
serio_raw               4936  0
psmouse                23640  0
sg                     26308  0
libertas_sdio          12588  0
libertas              139616  1 libertas_sdio
lib80211                6020  1 libertas

So, given that I see libertas (looks like sdio interface), the
wireless card should be a candidate for open80211s, right? I just want
to make sure before I go exploring and compiling.

cheers,
Sameer