Re: compat-driver doesn't compile

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Forgot to add the list. Please never remove the list.

  Luis

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Manu <vbmanu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>      | What kernel are you on?
>>      |
>>      | uname -r
>>
>> 3.6.11+
>
> What is this + postfix here ? What distribution are you running? Is
> this a vanilla kernel from kernel.org or some modified Linux
> distribution kernel? When distributions decide they want to
> incorporate some behavior from future kernels into older kernels they
> break proper kernel backport detection / support and this requires
> manual intervention on compat / compat-drivers. So for example RHEL
> and SUSE kernels are supported on compat / compat-drivers. Other than
> that we support vanilla kernels. The better you describe where your
> kernel came from the better we are able to provide support. Also
> please note that every single compat-drivers release come already
> compile tested against all supported kernels: 2.6.24 - 3.9, so hearing
> a compile issue is odd. One other possibility on a compile issue other
> than a custom distro hacked kernel is a different kernel
> configuration. Right now we use a basic desktop type like kernel
> configuration for our tests.
>
>>     | Also please note that compat-drivers-3.9-rc1-1 is out too, you
>> should upgrade.
>> compat-drivers-3.9-rc1-2 # ./scripts/driver-select ath  # I need only ar5523
>
> ar5523 didn't have its own driver-select menu entry but I just added
> it, that will be part of the new release I'm about to announce, so
> please use this next but in the meantime please verify the above.
>
>   Luis
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