On Feb 15, 2007, at 11:45 PM, Gary Schenk wrote:
After editing and successfully running "make cleandepend" and "make
depend",
my custom kernel failed during "make" with this output:
: undefined reference to `ieee80211_next_scan'
*** Error code 1
If you have removed all Wireless LAN stuff your kernel, then also
comment out ural (USB wireless).
This isn't properly documented in the NOTES or GENERIC comments, and
the Handbook doesn't even mention ural.
Like you, I discovered this the hard way.
Here are excerpts from my kernel configuration file.
# Wireless NIC cards
#device wlan # 802.11 support
#device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support
#device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support
#device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support
#device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless
NICs.
#device ath # Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
#device ath_hal # Atheros HAL (Hardware Access Layer)
#device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath
#device awi # BayStack 660 and others
#device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless
NICs.
#device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11
wireless NICs.
#device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.
# USB support
device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
device usb # USB Bus (required)
#device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
device ugen # Generic
device uhid # "Human Interface Devices"
device ukbd # Keyboard
device ulpt # Printer
device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus
and da
device ums # Mouse
# ural requires WLAN support
#device ural # Ralink Technology RT2500USB
wireless NICs
device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
device uscanner # Scanners
