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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
>
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