Hi, Arnaud. >> I've tried to build and install kernel 3.0. The standard Ubuntu >> configuration worked very well. But after I ran 'make localmodconfig', >> rebuilt and rebooted my wireless didn't work. After some investigation >> I've found that option CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT is no longer set in .config >> file. > what is the ubuntu kernel version ? Ubuntu's version is 2.6.38.11-generic. >> But no matter how I tried to include it in .config file it was >> automatically deleted by 'make oldconfig' and again kernel compiled >> without it. > well, .config is not meant to be edited manually. It is written at the > top of the file: > > # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT. Well, then how am I expected to manually change configuration parameters without running any automated program? Manual editing of .config worked (well, except some automatic changes which I've already got used to). Should I edit some other file instead? >> In fact even if >> I add 'select WIRELESS_EXT' to Kconfig of the driver for my wireless >> card (ath9k) everything works as well. >> > did you look at ubuntu kernel sources to see if the Kconfig entry > ath9k driver had been changed to 'select WIRELESS_EXT' ? What may be > more likely is that ubuntu is building a bundle of driver, and one of > them include WIRELESS_EXT. I didn't look at Ubuntu sources yet but I've just assumed the same - as some of compiled drivers include WIRELESS_EXT everything works with any driver. > Could you generate a patch for the change you made to make your > adapter works and send them to the wireless folks ? They are likely to > be more aware of the various requirement and inter-dependency of the > subsystem. Will do, thanks. Pavel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
