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I copied the htc_9271.fw file into /lib/firmware as per RPi VerifiedPeripherals - eLinux.org.

The output of lsusb shows that the device is connected. However, iwconfig does not show any interface with wireless capabilities.

What else do i have to do?

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  • Terry, have you looked at your dmesg for messages from the ath9k_htc driver? Is the driver actually installed? More details about this device: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722N – Lekensteyn May 13 '13 at 06:35
  • @Lekensteyn I just found the time to play with the pi again. Indeed the ath9k_htc driver is not installed. I was confused between the ath9k and the ath9k_htc drivers. Is there a way to install it on the Fedora Remix 17? – Ayrx May 17 '13 at 07:17
  • I have no experience with that distro, isn't it already available in the /lib/modules directory? If not, you can try to build an OOT kernel module, recompile the kernel (after enabling the module) or ask the Fedora Remix developers to do that for you. – Lekensteyn May 17 '13 at 08:51

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I did figure out how to do this eventually. I already posted this on my blog but I figured I'll answer this here to close out my question.

Before performing any sort of compilation, you need to have the necessary tools.

yum install make gcc

Grab the kernel source from github and unpack it.

sudo bash
cd /usr/src
wget  https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tarball/rpi-3.2.27
mv rpi-3.2.27
tar xzf rpi-3.2.27

Next, grab the configurations from the running kernel and prepare the source tree.

cd raspberrypi-linux-*
zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
make oldconfig
make modules_prepare

Finally, prepare the symlinks in /lib/modules/[kernelversion]/

KSRC=`pwd`
pushd /lib/modules/`uname -r`
ln -s ${KSRC} source
ln -s ${KSRC} build
popd

pushd /usr/src
ln -s ${KSRC} linux-`uname -r`
ln -s ${KSRC} linux
popd

For specific wireless adapters, you might require a firmware file. The wireless card I am working with, TL-WN722N requires the htc_9271.fw file.

cd /lib/firmware
wget http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/htc_9271.fw

Grab the driver source and unpack it.

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v3.8/compat-drivers-3.8-1-u.tar.bz2
tar xvf compat-drivers-3.8-1-u.tar.bz2

Next, add the Module.symvers file into the source directory.

cd compat-drivers-3.8-1-u
wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/extra/Module.symvers

Next, compile and install the driver.

./scripts/driver-select ath9k_htc
make
make install

Finally, unload the existing modules to prevent any conflicts.

make unload

Sources:

compat-drivers documentation

Raspberry Pi forums

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  • Great work, but... The command mv rpi-3.2.27 seems to be wrong... no destination is specified. What should it be? Can it not be omitted? – Greenonline May 09 '15 at 18:16