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Thread: Intel Wifi Link 5300, 6200, 6300 and Ubuntu 10.10

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    Intel Wifi Link 5300, 6200, 6300 and Ubuntu 10.10

    This is a solution for those of you who were duped into purchasing engineering samples rebadged as genuine retail units. I take no credit for this, I only have consolidated the already available information, and made it ubuntu specific.

    wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/...-10-16.tar.bz2
    tar -jxf compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2
    cd compat-wireless-2010-10-16
    gedit drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
    #*** DELETE THREE LINES, 627, 628, 629
    gedit scripts/update-initramfs
    #*** FIND LINE 13: KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.31-wl/build
    #*** REPLACE WITH: KLIB=/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make unload
    sudo reboot


    Since our engineering sample units are post-production, they contain old eeprom versions that are unsupported by the driver. We remove the function that checks the version so we can use the driver anyway. For reference the lines we delete (627 through 629) are:

    if (eeprom_ver < priv->cfg->eeprom_ver ||
    calib_ver < priv->cfg->eeprom_calib_ver)
    goto err;

  2. #2
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    Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

    Re: Intel Wifi Link 5300, 6200, 6300 and Ubuntu 10.10

    I just had the misfortune to pick up a couple of 6200 cards from eBay and of course they are ES.

    I just wanted to update love's information here with the 10/1/2011 version of the compat-wireless driver.

    new link: linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2011-09-27.tar.bz2

    tar -jxf compat-wireless-2011-09-27.tar.bz2
    cd compat-wireless-2011-09-27
    gedit drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
    #*** DELETE THREE LINES, 233, 234, 235
    #*** SAVE FILE

    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make unload
    sudo reboot


    #*** WE ALSO DO *NOT* NEED THE FOLLOWING LINES REMOVED - THE NEW VERSION OF THIS FILE ALREADY HAS THE CORRECTIONS!!!
    #*** gedit scripts/update-initramfs
    #*** FIND LINE 13: KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.31-wl/build
    #*** REPLACE WITH: KLIB=/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build
    Inspiron N7010 | Intel Core i5 480m | 8GB DDR3 | 750GB Seagate 7200RPM | Intel WiFi 6200 | Intel HD Graphics

    ...on Lucid 64bit.

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