Craig's Quick Guide to the TI Acx100

1. Download the latest source and unpack
2. Alternately, use cvs: cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/acx100 co acx100
3. do make all, (no ./configure necessary) module is made as src/acx100_pci.o
4. Get your firmware file(s) into the acx100[-x.x.x]/firmware dir and rename if necessary (see the README), then modify scripts/start_net as needed
5. Command-line insmod/modprobe users:
   • you must set this parameter: firmware_dir=absolute/path/to/firmware on the command-line, there is no default value for it
   • I suggest also setting debug=0x01 once things are working, other values quickly fill the logs
   • use_eth_name=1 gives an ethX devicename, default is wlanX
6. depmod info: this module is completely clean and should have no unresolved symbols, do not ignore those errors.
7. Go give thanks to the Acx100 Team

• ifconfig/iwconfig/route calls seem to hang
  • It has been reported that channel setting in iwconfig can hang up certain cards on certain machines, does not happen to me
• Stuck in ad-hoc mode (iwconfig dev mode managed has no effect)
  • Try changing the default mode in acx100_helper.c
  • do grep -n 'wlandev->mode = 0x0' acx100_helper.c in acx100/src dir
  • edit that line to: wlandev->mode = 0x2 and recompile, re-insert module