Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:10116 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753896AbZBJSUA (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:20:00 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:20:00 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:19:15 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Lurkos CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Merge compat-wireless-old into 2.6.26 Message-ID: <20090210181915.GA4248@tesla> (sfid-20090210_192007_189243_5583291B) References: <20090210172817.9004.60065.XPN@L622132.user.x-privat.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <20090210172817.9004.60065.XPN@L622132.user.x-privat.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 09:28:16AM -0800, Lurkos wrote: > Is it possibile to patch linux 2.6.26 source (e.g. Debian Lenny sources) > to have the new compat-wireless-old? > If yes, what could be the correct procedure? It is possible, you would just have to replace the directories that compat-wireless-old has in the kernel sources. > I would prefer to compile only my wireless network card driver > statically into the kernel. What exactly will that buy you though? Is it worth the effort? Luis