Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com ([209.85.212.181]:63201 "EHLO mail-wi0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750776AbaJOVT2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:19:28 -0400 Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id hi2so3045714wib.14 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:19:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:19:27 -0700 Message-ID: (sfid-20141015_231932_152408_9DF9D95F) Subject: Re: ipw2200 driver in kernels 3+ From: Stanislav Yakovlev To: Frank Langille Cc: wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello Frank, On 15 October 2014 12:34, Frank Langille wrote: > ... the menuconfig option to select this > driver seems to have disappeared sometime after kernel 3.4.104, which > is the last longterm version I can see that allows me to include the > driver in my build. > > Is it possible to have the option made available again? Yes it is, to do so you need to enable old wireless extensions support (CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT), Network support-> Wireless-> cfg80211 wireless configuration API -> cfg80211 wireless extension computability. Stanislav.