> Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:48:02 +0300 > From: Roman Makurin <drolyk@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Wireless, Broadcom > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1225878482.3359.2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > Vincent Onelli wrote: > > > >> 1. Re: Wireless, Broadcom (Roman Makurin) > > > > > > > >> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php > > > >> > > > > Thank you so much for the link, I download the file > > > > "hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz" and the readme files, the > > > > direction are written for people that are familiar with Linux. I got > > > > stuck on step 5 "make -C /lib/modules/<2.6.xx.xx>/build M='pwd'" I > > > > replaced the contents of <2.6.xx.xx> with "2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686" which > > > > is the directory I found in my computer in the directory there is a file > > > > "build" and yet the result No such file or directory I try also as root, > > > > same problem. Any help is greatly appreciate. Vinny > > > > > > You need to make sure you have the "kernel-devel" RPM installed and it's > > > easier to use > > > > > > make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` > > > > > > command. Note that those tick marks are graves (backwards > > > appostrophes), typically found on the key with the tilde ("~"). > > > > I did fallow the instructions but I could not find the file "wl.ko" in > > which directory should be? I also noted some error listed during the > > processing, here is all the steps that I went through and various > > messages maybe you can detect what I miss or did wrong. > > thank you. > > > > [vinnyo@localhost ~]$ cd hybrid_wl > > [vinnyo@localhost hybrid_wl]$ make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > > M=`pwd` clean > > make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686' > > CLEAN /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/.tmp_versions > > make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686' > > [vinnyo@localhost hybrid_wl]$ make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > > M=`pwd` > > make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686' > > LD /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/built-in.o > > CC [M] /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o > > CC [M] /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c: In function wl_iw_get_scan: > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:934: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:934: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:934: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_event makes pointer from integer without a cast > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:934: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_event > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:939: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:939: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:939: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:939: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_point > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:947: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:947: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:947: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_event makes pointer from integer without a cast > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:947: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_event > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:955: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:955: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:955: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_event makes pointer from integer without a cast > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:955: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_event > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:961: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:961: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_event from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:961: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_event makes pointer from integer without a cast > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:961: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_event > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:973: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:973: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:973: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:973: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_point > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:981: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:981: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:981: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:981: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_point > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:992: warning: passing argument > > 1 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:992: warning: passing argument > > 3 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:992: warning: passing argument > > 4 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:992: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_point > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1006: warning: passing > > argument 1 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1006: warning: passing > > argument 3 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1006: warning: passing > > argument 4 of iwe_stream_add_point from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1006: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_point > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1016: warning: passing > > argument 1 of iwe_stream_add_value from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1016: warning: passing > > argument 4 of iwe_stream_add_value from incompatible pointer type > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1016: warning: passing > > argument 5 of iwe_stream_add_value makes pointer from integer without > > a cast > > /home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:1016: error: too few arguments > > to function iwe_stream_add_value > > make[1]: *** [/home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o] Error 1 > > make: *** [_module_/home/vinnyo/hybrid_wl] Error 2 > > make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686' > > [vinnyo@localhost hybrid_wl]$ > > > > Look at https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96 I could not connect to the above link a message came on give me 2 choice "get me out of here" and "add exception" adding exception indicate high security risk, I decided not to go forward. any advice? thank you. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: 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