[ltp] Intel Wireless Drivers in Stock Kernels When?

Nils Faerber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:53:33 +0100


Michael Gaber schrieb:
> i think the iwl-drivers are in the stock-kernel since 2.6.23 or .24

Yes, but the version is almost 1/2 year old :(

And latest development versions do not compile with recent kernels.

> Damien Challet schrieb:
>> On Friday 29 February 2008 11.09:25 Petr Praus wrote:
>>> As far as I understand it requires only new kernel module and that
>>> definitely isn't the same thing like compiling entirely new kernel.
>>
>> The latest version of this driver requires a new version of mac80211,
>> which requires to patch the kernel source tree, which requires to
>> recompile at least part of it.
Cheers
  nils faerber

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