On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Richard Farina <sidhayn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/08/12 21:09, lina wrote: >> 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? > if you don't know if you need compat-wireless then you don't need > compat-wireless. But I have installed the compat-wireless. during kernel compilation it showed me: :/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build# more make.log DKMS make.log for blcr-0.8.2 for kernel 3.2.5mj-lina (x86_64) Thu Feb 9 00:35:52 SGT 2012 make: Entering directory `/scratch/staff/linux-source-3.2.5' /var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build/Kbuild:19: /var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build/module _files: No such file or directory ... configure: error: --with-linux argument '3.2.5mj-lina' is neither a kernel vers ion string nor a full path make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build/config-stamp] Error 1 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/scratch/staff/linux-source-3.2.5' Thanks, > > Enjoy. > > -Rick >> >> 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 >> > -- 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
