Build: Mediatek Mt7601 usb wifi

[flexiti]

[SOLVED]
Help please,
How install this device driver now ? ( previous source not existing )

[flexiti]

Orange PI PC, Jessie desktop
I downloaded the previous, ready to use image from [http://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-pc/]
and I try as described here : [https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib/blob/master/documentation/user-faq.md#how-to-build-a-wireless-driver-]
but I have no success (errors below) .
When I try to build from current sources, there is no sources of the MT7601 driver.

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root@orangepipc:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i# make scripts
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
fs/Kconfig:287: can't open file "fs/fs_compat.kconfig"
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i/scripts/kconfig/Makefile:33: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
make[2]: ** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i/Makefile:493: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
make[1]: ** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: ** No rule to make target 'include/config/auto.conf', needed by 'scripts'. Stop.
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i#
root@orangepipc:/usr/src# cd mt7601-3.0.0.4/
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4# make ARCH=arm
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file bin2h: Read-only file system
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:2: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: ** [all] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/tools'
Makefile:330: recipe for target 'build_tools' failed
make: *** [build_tools] Error 2
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4#

[ThomasKaiser]

Read-only file system

Seems you have a local problem too. And yes, it's already known that the sources aren't available any more at the old location but it needs some work to fix this

[flexiti]

Read-only file system

I suppose, however, that this may not be a local problem, simply copied the image from ambian.com and immediately ran this script. What kind of problem would that be? any suggestions ?

[igorpecovnik]

We will fix this driver eventually but for now it's disabled.

Read only file system indicates some troubles with media, file system corruption. Check SD card quality, use other one.

[flexiti]

All over again, another card (16G Kingston Class 10 UH1)
image from [http://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-pc/]
cd /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
make scripts

mariuszb@orangepipc:~$ cd /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
mariuszb@orangepipc:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i$ make scripts
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
fs/Kconfig:287: can't open file "fs/fs_compat.kconfig"
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i/scripts/kconfig/Makefile:33: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
make[2]: ** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i/Makefile:493: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
make[1]: ** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** No rule to make target 'include/config/auto.conf', needed by 'scripts'. Stop.
mariuszb@orangepipc:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i$

and second part:
cd /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4
make ARCH=arm

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4# make ARCH=arm
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/tools'
/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/3.4.112-sun8i/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i'
CC [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_profile.o
/bin/sh: 1: /usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i/scripts/recordmcount: not found
scripts/Makefile.build:307: recipe for target '/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_profile.o' failed
make[2]: ** [/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_profile.o] Error 127
Makefile:1368: recipe for target '_module_/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux' failed
make[1]: ** [_module_/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i'
Makefile:394: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4#

[zador-blood-stained]

Kernel headers scripts compilation is broken in this version. This will be fixed in new kernel release or you can install prebuilt kernel from here.

[flexiti]

I do not know if I understood you well (I'm not good in Linux), but

• I did something like that: install prebuilt kernel You pointed me and:

root@orangepipc:/home/mariuszb/Downloads# sudo dpkg --install linux-image-sun8i_5.11_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 152047 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-image-sun8i_5.11_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-sun8i (5.11) over (5.10) ...
Setting up linux-image-sun8i (5.11) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.4.112-sun8i
root@orangepipc:/home/mariuszb/Downloads

-Then reboot
and again make scripts, the effect is the same

mariuszb@orangepipc:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i$ make scripts
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
fs/Kconfig:287: can't open file "fs/fs_compat.kconfig"

[zador-blood-stained]

You need to install linux-headers package too.

[flexiti]

Thank you. @zador-blood-stained
I am one step further :)

cd /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
make scripts

is ok now

Now, I did this:

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4# make ARCH=arm

there were several warnings
but finally:

CC [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../os/linux/usb_main_dev.o
CC [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../common/rtusb_dev_id.o
CC [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/../../common/frq_cal.o
LD [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/mt7601Usta.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/mt7601Usta.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/mt7601Usta.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.112-sun8i'
cp -f /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/mt7601Usta.ko /tftpboot 2>/dev/null || :
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4#

.... And I do not know what to do next :)

insmod mt7601Usta.ko

and dmesg:
[ 812.087846] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870
why rt2870 ?
iwconfig wlan0 shows nothing

[zador-blood-stained]

I don't have any MT7601 devices, so no idea, sorry.
Please check output of modinfo mt7601Usta, lsmod and lsusb to confirm that this module is properly installed and can handle your device.
BTW, you probably need to copy this module to some subdirectory in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ and execute depmod

[flexiti]

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# lsmod

Module Size Used by
mt7601Usta 564290 0
mali_drm 2732 1
drm 178255 2 mali_drm
mali 123208 0
ump 29379 3 mali
8189es 994547 0

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# modinfo mt7601Usta

modinfo: ERROR: Module mt7601Usta not found.

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# lsusb

Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 1997:2433
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. ;; its ok

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# iwconfig wlan0

wlan0 No such device

Only one type Wifi dongle work on Armbian ?

[igorpecovnik]

Locate this file and try:

insmod mt7601Usta.ko

Check if driver was loaded

dmesg

[flexiti]

@igorpecovnik see above

insmod mt7601Usta.ko
and dmesg:
[ 812.087846] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870
why rt2870 ?
iwconfig wlan0 shows nothing

root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# modinfo mt7601Usta.ko
filename: /usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux/mt7601Usta.ko
version: 3.0.0.3
description: RT2870 Wireless Lan Linux Driver
author: Paul Lin [email protected]
license: GPL
srcversion: B01112D667AAAA446F0A525
alias: usb:v2955p1003d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v2955p1001d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v2955p0001d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v2A5Fp1000d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp760Bd_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp7601d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp6370d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp7650d_dc_dsc_dp_ic_isc_ip*
depends:
vermagic: 3.4.112-sun8i SMP preempt mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8
parm: mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)
root@orangepipc:/usr/src/mt7601-3.0.0.4/os/linux# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 No such device

[flexiti]

@igorpecovnik @ThomasKaiser
what types of wifi dongle work with Armbian? It can simply buy a instead of wasting time, although this type was described as acting - unfortunately does not work in the previous version and is no longer running in new version

[igorpecovnik]

No idea, we don't maintain list of all supported devices by Linux kernel.
http://www.linux-drivers.org

Ask on forum what do they use.

BTW: I know this chip works on mainline kernel just fine, but it's low performance.

[flexiti]

Ufff, its working from current sources now :) I have compiled latest Armbian source and then added wifi driver.
I have to organize everything what I've done but not today.
I'll let you know what I did if it needed
Most vital observation: This driver is shown as a ra0, not as wlan0
BTW. this is ubuntu image, I will check also on Debian

[igorpecovnik]

Yes, not all of drivers show up as wlan0 ...area of (wireless) networking is big (mess). We only try to bring up chips which are soldered to the boards. Even this can be sometimes very challenging.

[flexiti]

So.. (I puted copy of Mediatek driver on my git)

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/flexiti/mt7601.git
cd mt7601
make clean
make
make install
mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
modprobe mt7601Usta

in addition in desktop mode in the network options I have changed network Wifi prefix from wlan0 to ra0, and mark my Wifi network to be automatically connected

Tested on latest Armbian 5.11 Debian Jessy and Armbian 5.11 Ubuntu Trusty)
Network config example:

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet static
address 192.168.0.56
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
wpa-ssid YOURSID
wpa-psk YOURPASS
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

The original vendor driver can be downloaded from MediaTek's website (http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/mt7601u-usb/).

@igorpecovnik
Can You mark it as solved ?
BTW. I have connected only Wifi (192.168.0.56), but on terminal welcome message I see wired eth1 address (192.168.0.55)
Thank you for your help and for Armbian :+1:

[igorpecovnik]

welcome screen is not working properly if connected via wlan ... need to fix once.

[Valerkav]

_RaspberryPi. Raspbian Jessie._
this error, by step "make":

pi@raspberrypi:~/mt7601 $ make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/mt7601/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/mt7601/tools'
/home/pi/mt7601/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/pi/mt7601/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/4.4.9+/build SUBDIRS=/home/pi/mt7601/os/linux modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.4.9+/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
Makefile:394: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed
make: ***[LINUX] Error 2

What can i do?

[flexiti]

try .. sudo apt-get install linux-generic

[saif619]

i am not able to install the driver , I have attached the screenshot of the error
Please help

[btmerz]

Hello,
I have the same problem with my OrangePi PC with Armbian and a MT7601 wifi dongle not working.
So I followd the instructions from flexiti:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/flexiti/mt7601.git
cd mt7601
make clean
make
make install
mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
modprobe mt7601Usta

The commands ran all without any error.
But after a reboot and checking with ifconfig there is still no new device visible. Any help yould be great.
Bernd

[igorpecovnik]

https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/search/&q=MT7601

[EliasKotlyar]

Hello everyone,

My personal experience on compiling on a Olinuxino A20:

1. sudo apt-get install build-essential git
   (linux-headers-generic - is not avaible)
2. cd /usr/src/linux-headers-4.11.6-sunxi/scripts/
3. make recordmcount (needed cause its failing if not compiled)
4. cd /tmp
5. git clone https://github.com/EliasKotlyar/mt7601
   cd mt7601
   make clean
   make
   make install
   mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
   cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
   modprobe mt7601Usta

[martinayotte]

From what I know, MT7601 is already part of the Mainline kernel ...

[EliasKotlyar]

Hello martinayotte,

Yes, you are right. Its avaible on the mainline kernel from 4.2 upwards(https://github.com/art567/mt7601usta). Unfortunately, it was not working as expected - it gave me a lot of kernel messages when trying to connect. The connection was not working at all. After searching around, i found this issue and tried to compile this solution: https://github.com/flexiti/mt7601. It was not succesfull, because of some changes in the new kernels. After patching, and compiling, it started working...so i shared my solution for this problem.

Greetings
Elias

[pansila]

It works on kernel 4.9 (armbian 5.25) but crashs on kernel 4.11 (armbian 5.31) when associating to an AP.

[igorpecovnik]

Modern kernels have this driver build in. I am not sure from which version but they are present in latest 4.14.y

[pansila]

@igorpecovnik New mac80211-based mt7601 driver had been merged to upstream since 4.2.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c869f77d6abb5d5f9f2f1a661d5c53862a9cad34

[pansila]

Afte upgraded to 4.14 (Armbian 5.31), it works again.