2007-11-26 04:00:07

by Max

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Subject: Re: Error compiling intel mac80211-10.0.2


On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 22:34 -0800, Max wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to setup a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network
adapter using the software provided in
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/. But I am getting the following
error:

On Sun, November 25, 2007 8:35:07 PM Zhu wrote:
>Since this question doesn't relate to upstream mac80211, I'd suggest
you
>only post it to [email protected].

Thanks for the suggestion. I will do that.

>> ...
>> Checking kernel compatibility in:
>> /lib/modules/2.6.18/source//
>> ! CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_NETLINK can not be set in .config!
>> ...
>>
>> Which apparently gets triggered by the following lines in the
"../mac80211-10.0.2/scripts/determine_compat" script
>> .....
>> grep -q "nlmsg_trim" \
>> ${KSRC}include/net/netlink.h && {
>> export has_nlmsg_trim=1
>> } || {
>> grep -q "^CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK=[ym]" \
>> ${KSRC}.config && {
>> echo " ! CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_NETLINK can not
be set in .config!"
>> exit 1
>> }
>> }
>> ......
>>
>> As you can see I am running kernel version 2.6.18.

>The code mac80211-10.0.2 integrated doesn't work with
>CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK enabled. You should deselect it from your
>kernel config file.
>Thanks,
>-yi

I was afraid of any ill side effects and I was looking for confirmation, which you gave me. Thanks for your help.

Max




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