Unable to compile Wireless Driver for Linux Driver Asus PCE-N53 (Ralink RT5592 chipset)

Question

I have previosuly compiled this driver on what I beleive was an older kernel. However I am now on 15.10 and just can't figure it out.

dylan@xaelah:~$ uname -r
4.2.0-18-generic

Here is the output of sudo lshw

I have downloaded the source from here

I then CD to the directory and issue sudo make
Below is the output:

make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/tools'
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-18-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.o
In file included from /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/include/rtmp_os.h:44:0,
                 from /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/include/rtmp_comm.h:69,
                 from /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/include/rt_config.h:33,
                 from /home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:28:
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c: In function ‘RTMPQueryInformation’:
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:3953:30: warning: format ‘%d’ expects argument of type ‘int’, but argument 2 has type ‘long unsigned int’ [-Wformat=]
    DBGPRINT(RT_DEBUG_TRACE, ("sizeof UCHAR=%d, channel=%d \n", sizeof(UCHAR), p
                              ^
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/include/os/rt_linux.h:665:16: note: in definition of macro ‘DBGPRINT_RAW’
         printk Fmt;               \
                ^
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:3953:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘DBGPRINT’
    DBGPRINT(RT_DEBUG_TRACE, ("sizeof UCHAR=%d, channel=%d \n", sizeof(UCHAR), p
    ^
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c: In function ‘RTMPIoctlShow’:
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:4896:85: error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
 intf(extra, size, "Driver version-%s, %s %s\n", STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, _
                                                                     ^
/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:4896:95: error: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
 , size, "Driver version-%s, %s %s\n", STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, __TIME__ );
                                                                     ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.o] Error 1
Makefile:1398: recipe for target '_module_/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/dylan/Downloads/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver-master/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-18-generic'
Makefile:384: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Obviously I can not sudo make install

I am also not concerned about the type mismatches and other warnings as they appeared in the previous build and it still worked. I have also tried sudo make -i with no luck

I have downloaded build essentials, kernel source and headers...

Please let me know if you guys need anything else. I have searched google and found similar problems but no solutions. There is even this on this site but no answer and the other alternatives do not work.

Any help would be appreciated!

EDIT:

I also tried running make as follows-

sudo make RT_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=date-time"

Same errors....

I then did a sudo make clean and then ran sudo make RT_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=date-time" -i here is the pastbin

Answer 1

I could compile it over her:

$ lsb_release -dc
Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
Codename:   wily

$ uname -r
4.2.0-18-generic

It's recommended not to use sudo for compilation. If the below instructions failed, may be you should start over.

1. Cloned the git repository.

   git clone https://github.com/unused/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver.git
   
   cd patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/
   

2. Add -Wno-error=date-time to compilation flags

   vim os/linux/config.mk +178
   

   Look for WFLAGS:=

   WFLAGS := -DAGGREGATION_SUPPORT -DPIGGYBACK_SUPPORT -DWMM_SUPPORT  -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-error=date-time
   

3. Compile

   make
   

   At this point, the module was compiled successfully:

   ls -l os/linux/rt5592sta.ko

   -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 1767056 Nov 21 10:29 /home/user/Desktop/sand_box/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/os/linux/rt5592sta.ko
   

   modinfo /home/user/Desktop/sand_box/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/os/linux/rt5592sta.ko

   filename:       /home/user/Desktop/sand_box/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/os/linux/rt5592sta.ko
   version:        2.6.0.0_20120326
   srcversion:     150B71061DC1EBE4DE31E22
   alias:          pci:v00001814d00005592sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
   depends:        
   vermagic:       4.2.0-18-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
   parm:           mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)
   

But I find it weird that make script has tried to copy it to /tftpboot folder. May be the developer was looking for quick way to update/test it on another machine.

LD [M]  /home/user/Desktop/sand_box/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/os/linux/rt5592sta.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-18-generic'
cp -f /home/user/Desktop/sand_box/patched-Asus-PCE-N53-linux-driver/os/linux/rt5592sta.ko /tftpboot
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/tftpboot’: Permission denied
Makefile:384: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed
make: *** [LINUX] Error 1

Anyway, try to complete the remaining installation steps. Let me know if you face any related issue.