On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Matteo Croce <technoboy85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This patch allows compat wireless to compile with a kernel >= 2.6.33
>>
>> Index: compat-wireless-2010-03-19/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
>> ===================================================================
>> --- compat-wireless-2010-03-19.orig/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh 2010-03-20
>> 15:26:22.604720545 +0100
>> +++ compat-wireless-2010-03-19/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh 2010-03-20
>> 15:27:49.212236531 +0100
>> @@ -145,7 +145,11 @@
>> kernel_version_req $OLDEST_KERNEL_SUPPORTED
>>
>> # Handle core kernel wireless depenencies here
>> +echo '#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,33)'
>> +define_config_req CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
>> +echo '#else'
>> define_config_req CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
>> +echo '#endif'
>>
>> # For each CONFIG_FOO=x option
>> for i in $(grep '^CONFIG_' $COMPAT_CONFIG); do
>
> Sorry been meaning to reply, reason I haven't applied it is this seems
> wrong, we should be able to build kernels with 802.11 without wext
> crap on new kernels. Perhaps only add the requirement for kernels
> older than 2.6.33?
>
> Luis
>
Please do not disable wext until nl80211 can really replace it.
There are some things than nl80211 can't do yet (eg. txpower)
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