Hi Geoffrey,
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:46 AM, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/25/2013 4:16 PM, Erez D wrote: > > you can get the r820T version. on eithed dx.com or ebay for around 13 usd. > > > > Is it possible to install the kernel module from 3.11 on an older kernel > (say 3.8)? If so how, the last time > I compiled a kernel module, I had to compile the entire kernel. > > You can try backporting its source, but note that the Linux kernel does not maintain backward-compatibility for internal kernel APIs (including those used for writing drivers) between kernel versions, so it may a bit of work. It is possible to build a kernel module standalone using some GNU make tricks, maybe see: http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html Or: https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/ip-noise/src/5283225de39338345cba5372607cc26d3766d1d5/C/ker_ipq/Makefile?at=default (The latter was written by my partner and by me and may be out of date.) Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ------------------------------------------ Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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