Support for kernel 4.4

[neurobin]

Support for kernel 4.4

[iamthom]

Well, it's done! Works now. I've done this.

• run git clone https://github.com/benjarobin/MT7630E.git
• moved the 3 folders from step 1, into your folder
• recompiled. It works perfectly for the WiFi.

Disclaimer :

• final result not yet tested on lower version. I just compiled it in kernel 4.4

😄

regards,
Tom.

[neurobin]

You can try installing the driver in kernel 4.4 and post here the error messages you get. In that way I will be able to look into it...and after that, I will be able to give you some hints too if you want.

Regards,
Jahid.

[iamthom]

Thank you for the reply.. :D

Here is the error message I got:

And I noticed, if error CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support caused by space in my folder name. Once I fixed and re-compiled it, the error has gone. The error now is

sudo ./install 
[sudo] password for tom: 
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
Makefile:660: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
make[2]: *** [/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
cp -v firmware/*/* /lib/firmware/
‘firmware/BT/mt76x0.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/mt76x0.bin’
‘firmware/Wi-FI/MT7650E234.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/MT7650E234.bin’
cp rt2x00/mt7630e.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
cp: cannot stat ‘rt2x00/mt7630e.ko’: No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
modprobe: FATAL: Module mt7630e not found.
modprobe: FATAL: Module mt76xx not found.

Regards,
Tom.

[iamthom]

Update 2:
Error -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler seems to be my gcc compiler which has lower version. I've upgraded from 4.8 to 4.9.3 and now, it gave me another error:

sudo ./install
[sudo] password for tom: 
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00config.o
/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00config.c: In function ‘rt2x00lib_config’:
/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00config.c:273:27: error: ‘struct ieee80211_conf’ has no member named ‘max_sleep_period’
   autowake_timeout = (conf->max_sleep_period * beacon_int) - beacon_diff;
                           ^
make[2]: *** [/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00/rt2x00config.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wireless/MT7630E-release/rt2x00] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
cp -v firmware/*/* /lib/firmware/
‘firmware/BT/mt76x0.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/mt76x0.bin’
‘firmware/Wi-FI/MT7650E234.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/MT7650E234.bin’
cp rt2x00/mt7630e.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
cp: cannot stat ‘rt2x00/mt7630e.ko’: No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
modprobe: FATAL: Module mt7630e not found.
modprobe: FATAL: Module mt76xx not found.

Nah, seems like I've out of idea what happen now 😄

[neurobin]

I have pushed a new commit. Can you test it for me.. I don't have kernel 4.4 for now...

Regards,
Jahid

[iamthom]

Okay, I'll do it later..

[iamthom]

Seems like it works,

sudo ./install                                                                                         
[sudo] password for tom: 
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00config.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00link.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/mt_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00firmware.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00leds.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00mmio.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2800pci.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2800lib.o
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.o
  LD [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/mt7630e.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/mt7630e.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/rt2x00/mt7630e.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/btloader modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/btloader/mt76xx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/btloader/mt76xx.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/tom/Downloads/Ubuntu/Software/DRIVER/wifi_kernel_44/btloader/mt76xx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic'
cp -v firmware/*/* /lib/firmware/
‘firmware/BT/mt76x0.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/mt76x0.bin’
‘firmware/Wi-FI/MT7650E234.bin’ -> ‘/lib/firmware/MT7650E234.bin’
cp rt2x00/mt7630e.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
cp btloader/mt76xx.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
depmod

😄 Thank you for your great effort!

regards,
Tom.

[neurobin]

Thanks for testing it for me, I can now push a new release with confidence.. Thanks again.

[asx99]

Hello, I have the same problem 16.06.01 Manjaro and I can not install a driver for my wireless card mt7630e .. Can you help me, thank you

[neurobin]

@asx99 What kind of errors are you getting?

[meenakshiravisankar]

Hello,
I have Ubuntu 16.04 version and kernel 4.4, Broadcom BCM43142 is my wifi driver. But I can't see the available wifi networks,so, i installed mt7630e from the following site
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1796
and installed it according to the steps. But i get the following error

Can you please help me solve this problem ?

[Jpfonseca]

@Meenu5 do a sudo make uninstall && ./uninstall.
Then download the lastest realease from this repository and follow the readme steps

[meenakshiravisankar]

Hello , I did like you told, yet there is error.

[Jpfonseca]

Make sure you have dkms installed.
If you get any trouble on the way, uninstall it again and follow this walkthrough.