On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/23/2011 11:42 PM, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> brcm80211 is no staging driver any more and can be found in the main >>> area where all the other wireless drivers are now. There where some >>> changes needed for the move. >>> And BRCMFMAC does not depend on WEXT any more so remove that from >>> config. >>> BRCMFMAC does not build with kernel < 2.6.29, because >>> ndev->netdev_ops = NULL and ndev->netdev_ops == &brcmf_netdev_ops_pri >>> are not supported by the backport code for netdev_ops. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >> [...] >>> --- a/scripts/driver-select >>> +++ b/scripts/driver-select >> [...] >>> - brcm80211) >>> + brcmsmac) >>> + disable_staging >>> + disable_bt_usb_ethernet_var >>> + select_drivers CONFIG_BRCMUTIL CONFIG_BRCMFMAC >>> + select_brcm80211_driver CONFIG_BRCMSMAC >>> + ;; >> >> On IRC someone reported problems building brcmsmac.ko, while trying to >> help I fell over this: >> Shouldn't that be CONFIG_BRCM*S*MAC in select_drivers line? >> ( Just FYI: The guy tried building linux-2.6.39 with >> compat-wireless-3.2-rc1-1.tar.bz2 ) > Yes just CONFIG_BRCM*S*MAC should be selected there, but it does not > cause any problems if the wrong Broadcom driver is selected there, > because select_drivers just changes something in > drivers/net/wireless/Makefile and not > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/Makefile. The select_drivers line just > makes the compiler also use drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/Makefile. > select_brcm80211_driver selects the actual Broadcom driver to build. >> Thanks for the explanations. The guy also reported, this trivial typo is still present in compat-wireless 3.2-rc1, so you will fix it? ( Just out of curiosity: "[PATCH] compat: add config var for CORDIC and CRC8" might be the real fix the guy was looking for? ) - Sedat - >> - Sedat - >> >>> + brcmfmac) >>> + disable_staging >>> disable_bt_usb_ethernet_var >>> - select_driver CONFIG_NOTHING >>> + select_drivers CONFIG_BRCMUTIL CONFIG_BRCMFMAC >>> + select_brcm80211_driver CONFIG_BRCMFMAC >>> ;; >>> zd1211rw) >>> select_driver CONFIG_COMPAT_ZD1211RW > -- 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
