Hey Paul: As you are not into building kernels yet it may interest you that this public link has the kernel already prepared here:
http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/betas/airportextreme/ Be sure to follow the directions. In general, compiling kernels remain pretty much the same throughout Linux. Here are some detailed instructions: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/kernels.shtml Be sure to select the options you want active in your kernel carefully. Recommendation: Read the instructions for compiling kernels several times first. Make sure you understand it. Note: Although the instructions address building an older kernel; the same procedures apply to modern kernels. Good Luck.... Derick. ============ Paul Higgins wrote: > Has anyone been able to get the Airport Extreme (Broadcom 802.11g) cards in > the various Apple products (e.g. iBook G4) working with YDL? Someone managed > to reverse-engineer the Broadcom chipset, which is reportedly used not only > in the Apple cards, but also in other products e.g. PCI cards from Linksys. > Anyway, I imagine some people have seen this site: > > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ > > Here are a couple more links with some helpful info: > > http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-87925.html > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Finally,_a_linux_driver_for_the_Airport_Extreme_ > > I saw it claimed somewhere that YDL 4.1 shipped with a beta driver, but I've > never seen the driver myself. Is it on one of the CDs somewhere? I also > understand that the Broadcom drivers have been integrated into the kernel > since 2.6.17-rc2. Unfortunately, I'm running an earlier kernel (as are most, > probably): > > $ uname -a > $ Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1 #1 Wed Jan 4 16:25:38 EST 2006 > ppc ppc ppc GNU/Linux > > FFI on kernel-integrated drivers (also on the bcm43xx site): > http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=1296 > > I know that I could get the source for a new kernel at kernel.org; however, > getting a new kernel compiled is way over my head right now. > > For the moment, I'm using a wireless Ethernet bridge to connect my iBook G4 > to > my Airport base station. However, that's not really the ideal solution when > I need to be mobile (the bridge requires its own power supply, etc.). Anyone > know of a kernel package that can simply be installed by yum? I've been kind > of spoiled by Synaptic (Debian package manager), which lets me install > multiple kernels and choose one on startup. > > -PRH > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
