Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:49443 "EHLO mail-ee0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754663Ab2KHLQ6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2012 06:16:58 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f46.google.com with SMTP id b15so1470656eek.19 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:16:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <509B73D5.5000206@mac.com> References: <509B73D5.5000206@mac.com> From: Julian Calaby Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 22:16:37 +1100 Message-ID: (sfid-20121108_121711_327185_DD631123) Subject: Re: "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko" compatibility issue. To: Akira Nonaka Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Akira Nonaka wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a problem with the compat-wireless. It seems "mac80211.ko" and > "cfg80211.ko" are not compatible with the ones in main line kernel. In > my case, it is kernel 3.4.9(Fedora 16). This is expected and pretty much by design. > I want to use compat-wireless version of "mac80211.ko" and > "cfg80211.ko" for Realtek rtl8723ae but for other wireless cards, I want > to use main line kernel version of "mac80211.ko" and "cfg80211.ko". Why? Are the drivers for these other cards not available in compat-wireless? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/