That is better approach. u can try compat-wireless. It supports wide range of kernel version. What wifi are u using, ralink or others? Each wifi has source, u can compile against ur kernel to build module. U need to enable wireless support in ur kernel. On 10 Jun 2012 00:36, "Sertac TULLUK" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Javier, > > Sorry for late reply, but thank you. > > I also searched for many things on the net, read a lot of documentation, > but it seems almost impossible thing to do... (That is shame, where is the > power of linux? :) Just kidding ) > > Is there any way to do backporting ? For example, adding CIFS or USB WIFI > support to my current kernel? > > If so, what are the steps for it? > > Best Regards > > Sertac > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Martinez Canillas" < > [email protected]> > To: "Sertac TULLUK" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Harishkumar V" <[email protected]>; < > kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.**org <[email protected]>> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: New kernel for Chipbox > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sertac TULLUK <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Harishkumar; >>> >>> I already know how to find the changes, please see my 1st e-mail below. >>> >>> The problem is, those changes are more than thousands of lines of code, >>> and >>> hundreds of files are added or modified. >>> >>> I wonder, how can I apply those thousands of changes to new kernel source >>> quickly and easily? >>> >>> >> The bad news is that there isn't a quickly and easily way to do it. >> The kernel doesn't have an stable API (read >> Documentation/stable_api_**nonsense.txt) and the ARM part of the kernel >> is one of the most fast changing lately. So probably most of the >> drivers and SoC enablement platform code won't work with newer >> kernels. >> >> So, this isn't a trivial task. >> >> Best regards, >> >> -- >> Javier MartÃnez Canillas >> (+34) 682 39 81 69 >> Barcelona, Spain >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.**org <[email protected]> >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.**org/mailman/listinfo/**kernelnewbies<http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies> >> >> > >
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