Using the default gcc 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 option on Fedora 7, the source from Trunk (r10343) keeps choking with "x-uclibc-as: unrecognized option `-Qy'". The gcc 3.4.6 option can build the image without such a problem. Would you give this noob a hint or two on where to look for the cause(s)?

From openwrt/trunk/build_dir/toolchain-mipsel_gcc4.1.2/gcc-4.1.2-final/gcc/config.log

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gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2151: $? = 0
configure:2153: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: i386-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/u
sr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release -
-with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-
languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-ds
si --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --en
able-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/ja
va/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-cpu=generic --host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27)
configure:2156: $? = 0
configure:2158: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2161: $? = 1
configure:2184: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2187: gcc -g -O2    conftest.c  >&5
/home/worker/openwrt/trunk/staging_dir/toolchain-mipsel_gcc4.1.2/bin/mipsel-linu
x-uclibc-as: unrecognized option `-Qy'
configure:2190: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| 
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| 
| int
...

It builds just fine here, revision 10422.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on ASUS WL-500gP:

# modprobe b43

# dmesg
PCI: Fixing up device 0000:00:02.0
ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 3 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:00:02.0
b43-phy2: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
phy2: Failed to initialize wep
b43: probe of ssb3:0 failed with error -12

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

Building r10343 with gcc 4.1.2 on Fedora 7 didn't work for me. What's your build OS and version of gcc?

Got it built with gcc 3.4.6 and had wlan0 up on my ASUS WL-500gP. b43 driver was started successfully. But, iwconfig showed a high level of noise, around -55 dBm and the signal oscillated btw -50 and -75... couldn't connect to the closest AP in client mode. With White Russian 0.9, the AP's noise level is around -83 and signal -50.

I built it on Mandriva 2008.1 with gcc 4.2.2.

This seems to be a problem/bug on the mac80211 code. See http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless& … 63&w=2.

Thanks,
Jochen