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Jayant Sane wrote:
> Bear with a miserable newbie...
>
> I have been asked to compile against the 2.6.28-rc8-wl version of kernel (as printed by uname -r). How and where can I get this specific kernel version from?
>
> I figured how to get the patch for 2.6.28-rc8 but the "-wl" part stumps me.
That is the kernel from the wireless-testing git tree. The only way to
get it is to install the git package from your distro and issue the
command
git clone \
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git
Be aware that the download is roughly 200 MB. In addition, the above
will get you 2.6.28-wl. If you really need -rc8 (which I doubt), then
you will need to issue the additional command
git checkout v2.6.28-rc8
The -wl part is not needed here.
Larry
Jayant Sane wrote:
>
> Thank you.
>
> Again pardon my ignorance here..
>
> It seems that I can either get 2.6.28-wl or 2.6.28-rc8 per your suggestions below but not 2.6.28-rc8-wl
>
> And I know it is possible to have the kernel version reported as 2.6.28-rc8-wl. How can I get that?
The -wl part comes from the presence of a file named
"localversion-wireless" in the wireless-testing directory. This file
has one line with the contents of that line being "-wl" (without the
quotation marks, or course).
If you are compiling this particular kernel to get some wireless
driver, then 2.6.28-wl is likely to be better than 2.6.28-rc8-wl.
Please elaborate your reason for being told to get the -rc8 variant.
Larry
On Sunday 11 January 2009, Jayant Sane wrote:
> d to compile against the 2.6.28-rc8-wl version of kernel (as printed by
> uname -r). How and where can I get this specific ke
It's the head development tree for the wireless subsystem. You can use git to
get wireless-testing.git, read
http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation
Thank you.
Again pardon my ignorance here..
It seems that I can either get 2.6.28-wl or 2.6.28-rc8 per your suggest=
ions below but not 2.6.28-rc8-wl
And I know it is possible to have the kernel version reported as 2.6.28=
-rc8-wl. How can I get that?
thx
Jay
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:10:18 -0600
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> Subject: Re: Newbie question on 2.6.28-rc8-wl
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> Jayant Sane wrote:
>> Bear with a miserable newbie...=20
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>> I have been asked to compile against the 2.6.28-rc8-wl version of ke=
rnel (as printed by uname -r). How and where can I get this specific ke=
rnel version from?=20
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>> I figured how to get the patch for 2.6.28-rc8 but the "-wl" part stu=
mps me.=20
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> That is the kernel from the wireless-testing git tree. The only way t=
o
> get it is to install the git package from your distro and issue the
> command
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> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testi=
ng.git
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> Be aware that the download is roughly 200 MB. In addition, the above
> will get you 2.6.28-wl. If you really need -rc8 (which I doubt), then
> you will need to issue the additional command
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> git checkout v2.6.28-rc8
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> The -wl part is not needed here.
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> Larry
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Jayant Sane wrote:
>
> Thank you.
>
> Again pardon my ignorance here..
>
> It seems that I can either get 2.6.28-wl or 2.6.28-rc8 per your suggestions below but not 2.6.28-rc8-wl
>
> And I know it is possible to have the kernel version reported as 2.6.28-rc8-wl. How can I get that?
In the main directory, create a file named localversion-wireless with
a line that says -wl
If you did the steps I told you earlier, you have the same as
2.6.28-rc8-wl, no matter what it says.
Larry