> > | 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. I'm running Gentoo/arm on RaspberryPi Kernel. I'm not an expert, but I think the error depends on PCI missing on arm architecture. > > > | 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. Thanks you very much 2013/3/9 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
