--- "John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 06:42:50PM -0600, Larry > Finger wrote: > > Josh Coffman wrote: > > >I've been trying to compile the source from the > stand > > >alone snapshot on fc4. I keep getting compile > errors > > >and am wondering if I need any special setup or > tools > > >on FC4? > > > > > >I can post the exact message when I get home. It > was > > >something like an incorrect method or parameter. > > > > When you compile bcm43xx, the appropriate version > of ieee80211 needs to be > > installed. If you are using softmac, you need to > compile and install > > softmac first. The installation will change things > in the kernel tree, then > > bcm43xx should compile. > > Josh may want to start with the fedora-netdev > kernels I maintain: > > > http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/ > > I have started pulling from wireless-2.6 (currently > softmac-all > branch) as well as netdev-2.6 and net-2.6. So, that > means that the > softmac version of bcm43xx is available in > precompiled form for an > FC4-based kernel. Even if you want a later version > of the driver, > those kernels are probably a good place to start. > > John > > P.S. If you want the source RPM, look under here: > > > http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/4/rpms/SRPMS/ > > -- > John W. Linville > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd like to keep it on the kernel from the fedora-release repos, if possible. I compile a couple of other things from source and don't really want to have to muck around with them again. If I need to, it would be my first non fcrelease kernel so it might be fun anyway. -j __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
