Return-path: Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:36272 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757048Ab0DEXyp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:54:45 -0400 Received: by gyg13 with SMTP id 13so2286472gyg.19 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:54:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <40101cc31003200759u447b625ct6f48aa6003593dac@mail.gmail.com> From: Matteo Croce Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 01:54:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Compat wireless with kernel 2.6.33 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Matteo Croce wrote: >> This patch allows compat wireless to compile with a kernel >= 2.6.33 >> >> Index: compat-wireless-2010-03-19/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh >> =================================================================== >> --- compat-wireless-2010-03-19.orig/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh      2010-03-20 >> 15:26:22.604720545 +0100 >> +++ compat-wireless-2010-03-19/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh   2010-03-20 >> 15:27:49.212236531 +0100 >> @@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ >>  kernel_version_req $OLDEST_KERNEL_SUPPORTED >> >>  # Handle core kernel wireless depenencies here >> +echo '#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,33)' >> +define_config_req CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT >> +echo '#else' >>  define_config_req CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT >> +echo '#endif' >> >>  # For each CONFIG_FOO=x option >>  for i in $(grep '^CONFIG_' $COMPAT_CONFIG); do > > Sorry been meaning to reply, reason I haven't applied it is this seems > wrong, we should be able to build kernels with 802.11 without wext > crap on new kernels. Perhaps only add the requirement for kernels > older than 2.6.33? > >  Luis > Please do not disable wext until nl80211 can really replace it. There are some things than nl80211 can't do yet (eg. txpower) -- Matteo Croce OpenWrt developer _______ ________ __ | |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_ | - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _| |_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____| |__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M KAMIKAZE (bleeding edge) ------------------ * 10 oz Vodka Shake well with ice and strain * 10 oz Triple sec mixture into 10 shot glasses. * 10 oz lime juice Salute! ---------------------------------------------------