Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f204.google.com ([209.85.223.204]:59729 "EHLO mail-iw0-f204.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752172AbZIGVg4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:36:56 -0400 Received: by iwn42 with SMTP id 42so1032669iwn.33 for ; Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:36:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:36:39 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890909071436ub99bddbx3dd531d09f322b4a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: compat-wireless-old for ARM To: AMAR SAHUKAR Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 6:39 AM, AMAR SAHUKAR wrote: > Hi, >          I wanted to know the procedure to follow for installing > compat-wireless-old on ARM platform. I am using a Netgear WG111V3 usb dongle > which uses a rtl8187 chipset. I will be pleased if you can help me with > this. compat-wireless-old has not been updated for ages. Today is possible to bring compat-wireless (instead of compat-wireless-old) down to older kernels we previously could not since we no longer are using the netdevice multiqueue support. I was able to bring compat-wireless down to 2.6.25 -- at least compile-wise, there is also code present to help bring it down to older kernels, we just need someone to test/help finish the rest. Luis