Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116]:34856 "EHLO mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751547AbZAKRKZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:10:25 -0500 Message-ID: <496A27FA.5030508@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20090111_181100_563123_30D8FBDE) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:10:18 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jayant Sane CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Newbie question on 2.6.28-rc8-wl References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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