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Re: Why were patches reverted on 2010-09-21? (carl9170 and others)

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On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 11:07:12AM -0400, Christian Jaeger wrote:
> Thanks for your explantion.
> 
> My patches on top of the stable kernel don't build (they depend a
> 'cipher' member on âstruct ieee80211_key_confâ, and I guess there may
> be more). If I want to reach my goal of trying carl9170 with a stable
> kernel, should I still proceed that route, i.e. finding the patches
> that carl* depends on, or trying to change the carl* code to not
> require them, or is there a better idea? I'd like to avoid running
> wireless-testing as is if possible (for fear of stability and security
> issues on this world-facing, supposedly stable router of mine).

You might try the compat-wireless stuff on top of whatever kernel
you are using.

Hth!

John
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