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Hi Paul,

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Paul Stoaks <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings.  Sorry to interrupt with a newbie question, but I need some help
> on setting up a linux wireless development and test environment.  What I
> would like to have is a stable development and test environment where I can
> work for a period of months without having to upgrade the kernel version on
> my development and test machines, but staying close to the bleeding edge
> with the core wireless modules and drivers.
>
> I have successfully built the wireless-testing tree from GIT, but have only
> discovered how to install the entire kernel produced from the build, not
> just the wireless modules.  What I would like to do is to install only the
> wireless modules, as I can do with the compat-wireless tree.  I have gotten
> compat-wireless to work for me with a lot of labor (refreshing patches), but
> I'm unsure of the correct work-flow with it.
>
> How are you folks accomplishing this?

Please see [0] and especially [1] under the section "Generating stable
releases".

Hope this does what you want.
Thomas

[0] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/compat-drivers
[1] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/compat-drivers/hacking
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