On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/08/2012 11:05 AM, lina wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The question i am going to ask might sounds silly, please forgive, >> >> do I need the compact-wireless in future? something about it's history? > > > Obviously, you do not understand the reason for compat-wireless. It is used > to backport the wireless drivers in the development kernels so that they can > be used on older kernels. Whether you need it depends on what kernel you are > using, and what device(s) you have. The short answer is "probably not". Thanks for explaination. last night I installed the $ uname -a Linux debian 3.2.5 Do I still need install the compact-wireless? Thanks again, > > Larry > -- 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