Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f222.google.com ([209.85.217.222]:38896 "EHLO mail-gx0-f222.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759639AbZBMIXs (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:23:48 -0500 Received: by gxk22 with SMTP id 22so524182gxk.13 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:23:47 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1925ef8a0902130015o6df0c962n3fe05ec420d0aef@mail.gmail.com> References: <1925ef8a0902130015o6df0c962n3fe05ec420d0aef@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:23:47 -0800 Message-ID: <43e72e890902130023w3c192b04r3a41b4643eedb530@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090213_092402_025183_107D629E) Subject: Re: compat-wireless with CONFIG_MAC80211disabled From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Vitja Makarov Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Vitja Makarov wrote: > Hi! > > I was trying to build compat wireless for my arm board. > First of all I disabled CONFIG_MAC80211 in my kernel, and successfully > built compat-wireless. > > Then at runtime I get kernel panic. > Then I found that sk_buff in 2.6.28 depends on CONFIG_MAC80211, so > enabling it solves my problem. Ah nice catch. Well you're the first to try that and report it. > Shouldn't compat-wireless Makefile check kernel dot config for this > option as well as for wireless extension? Yes, Can you send a patch, put some nasty warn on config.mk if its not enabled on 2.6.28 and error out. Luis