On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:44:06PM -0700, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: > Horms wrote: > > >On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 11:30:09PM +0600, Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > > > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>I've encountered the problem with 2.6.14 kernels: they are shipped > >>with ancient version of ipw2200 drivers (1.0.0 while current version > >>is 1.0.7) and ancient version of ieee80211 subsystem (copyrighted as > >>2004, so also outdated). > >> > >>This breaks compilation of module from ipw2200-source package (because > >>it links against in-kernel ieee80211). > >> > >> > The .deb will need to run the remove-old script included in the new > versions of the driver/stack. > > > > >I assume the problem you are seeing is a headers problem. > > > > > > > >>Is there way to modularize builds to exclude ieee80211 or just disable > >>it (along with ipw2200) because it is outdated and current vesion is > >>shipped in ieee80211-source package? > >> > >> > > > >Probably the best place to start is to ping netdev to find out if > >there are any plans to update IPW2200 in Linus's tree. I've CCed > >that list, hopefully someone can shed some light on this. > > > > > > > Not really. Basically, only stable versions of the driver make it into > Mainline, and currently 1.0.8 is being tested to move into mainline > (first -mm, then when people decide move to Linus) > > Basically, when installing 1.0.8 and ieee80211-1.1.5, the .deb packages > or whatever will need to run the remove-old script that is included in > the source in order to make the new versions compile.
Ummm, eerr, the kernel-packages package the stable versions as provided by upstream. Is it possible to provide a separate package that includes the changes you need? -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
