As on 2010-09-22 18:59, Luis R. Rodriguez did write: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kshitij Kulshreshtha > <kkhere.geo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As on 2010-09-19 19:42, Hauke Mehrtens did write: >>> We have all out backport headers in include/linux/compat-2.6.XX.h also the pcmcia >>> part there. >> >> I'm not sure if this won't make all the compat-wireless modules depend >> on pcmcia.ko for kernels < 2.6.36 where >> pcmcia_access_configuation_register() is exported. Even if someone is >> only building selected drivers like iwlwifi or ath. > > Have you tried loading ath9k or iwlagn on compat-wireless? Did you > note compat doesn't get loaded? Anyway, patches welcomed to enhance > this if your concern is if your kernel won't build with this. We also > plan on dropping PCMCIA completely anyway. Actually compat does get loaded since mac80211 needs it for noop_llseek on 2.6.34, however my current build is not showing the pcmcia dependency that I was afraid of, so please ignore this. Thanks. -- Kshitij Kulshreshtha Institut fÃr Mathematik, UniversitÃt Paderborn, Warburger StraÃe 100, 33098 Paderborn. BÃro: A3.235 Privatanschrift: Arnikaweg 62 33100 Paderborn. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
