Hi,
I never did get Intel wireless networking working with 2.6.13.x.
I just tried with kernel 2.6.14, and I get compilation errors when I try
to emerge
ieee80211. It complained about lots of incompatible ieee80211 filles in
the Linux kernel sources, but still failed when I removed the
complained-about files
by hand. The most recent error messages looked like this
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Checking in /usr/src/linux/ for ieee80211 components...
make -C /usr/src/linux
M=/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3
MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/iee
#undef CONFIG_IEEE80211
sed: can't read /usr/src/linux//build/.config: No such file or directory
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14'
CC [M]
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_module.o
CC [M]
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_tx.o
In file included from
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_module.c:54:
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/net/ieee80211.h:724:
error: redefinition of `is_broadca
include/linux/etherdevice.h:73: error: `is_broadcast_ether_addr'
previously defined here
In file included from
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_tx.c:46:
/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/net/ieee80211.h:724:
error: redefinition of `is_broadca
include/linux/etherdevice.h:73: error: `is_broadcast_ether_addr'
previously defined here
make[2]: ***
[/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_module.o]
Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: ***
[/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3/ieee80211_tx.o]
Error 1
make[1]: ***
[_module_/var/tmp/portage/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2/work/ieee80211-1.0.3] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3-r2 failed.
!!! Function linux-mod_src_compile, Line 505, Exitcode 2
!!! Unable to make
KSRC=/usr/src/linux KSRC_OUTPUT=/usr/src/linux all.
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this
status message.
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Are any versions of the Gentoo packages iee80211, ipw2100 and
ipw2100-firmware
expected to work with kernel 2.6.14? Or is a different approach
required? It does
seem odd to have to delete an ever-increasing list of vanilla kernel
files that someone
has worked to provide.
I also tried building the ipw2100 without first building ieee80211, but
that build failed
like this.
--------------------
Looks like you forgot to remerge net-wireless/ieee80211 after
upgrading your kernel.
Hint: use sys-kernel/module-rebuild for keeping track of which
modules needs to be remerged after a kernel upgrade.
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.2-r3 failed.
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I obviously don't know what I'm doing, so any guidance would be welcome.
Meanwhile, it's back to 2.6.12.6 for me.
TIA,
John Green
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