Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.216.53]:61946 "EHLO mail-qw0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751002Ab2BICJr (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:09:47 -0500 Received: by qafk1 with SMTP id k1so852913qaf.19 for ; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:09:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F32BB6E.1020803@lwfinger.net> References: <4F32BB6E.1020803@lwfinger.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:09:46 +0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20120209_031012_517705_1C28EF8F) Subject: Re: something about compact-wireless From: lina To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 02/08/2012 11:05 AM, lina wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The question i am going to ask might sounds silly, please forgive, >> >> do I need the compact-wireless in future? something about it's history? > > > Obviously, you do not understand the reason for compat-wireless. It is used > to backport the wireless drivers in the development kernels so that they can > be used on older kernels. Whether you need it depends on what kernel you are > using, and what device(s) you have. The short answer is "probably not". Thanks for explaination. last night I installed the $ uname -a Linux debian 3.2.5 Do I still need install the compact-wireless? Thanks again, > > Larry >