Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752124AbWJZMZj (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:25:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752140AbWJZMZj (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:25:39 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:33917 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752124AbWJZMZi (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:25:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:25:36 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: robert george Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: compiling bcm4xx module Message-ID: <20061026122536.GC12420@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <5d87a57d0610260408j641545c7oe9f9d74bdb19a321@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d87a57d0610260408j641545c7oe9f9d74bdb19a321@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1114 Lines: 34 On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 04:38:29PM +0530, robert george wrote: > i am having 2.6.16-13 kernel .This kernel lack support for broadcom > wireless card.But the latest kernel is having support for this card. > > I download the the kernel ,but i would like to compile this particular > > driver only , not the entire kernel. > Is it possible??? I don't think so. Bcm43xx needs the ieee80211 subsystem, which also changed a lot between 2.6.16 and 2.6.18. > I tried to execute the following command > make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.16-13 SUBDIRS=$PWD modules > > but got following error message .. > > ' No reason to target modules' > > How can i compile the driver separately??? Not against that particular kernel. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/