On 14 Jan 2008, Александър Л. Димитров wrote: > Hello Anthony, > > Quoth Anthony Campbell: > > I know the latest kernel on sid (2.6.23-1) is supposed to use > > firmware-iwlwifi because support for Intel Wireless 3945 is built into > > the kernel. This doesn't work on my Thinkpad Z61M so I have to use the > > older ipw-3945 modules. These don't exist for the latest kernel so I'm > > confined to the earlier ones. > > > > Is there any way to use the older non-free module on the latest kernel? > > I remember having successfully compiled ipw3945 against a debian kernel a year > ago - kernel was .17 or .18, I think. You have to have the kernel headers and > then you can just use the standard procedure for compiling it yourself - > shouldn't be too hard, it's a matter of ./configure && make install once you > have the headers in place. The new kernel shouldn't pose any obstacles, > though I > only tried it with my own kernel, and not with the official one. > > BTW, what do you mean by 'support is built into the kernel'? Is it the vanilla > kernel or just the Debian patched one? AFAIK, kernel-devs have not yet put > iwl* > into any kernel version since upstream does not consider the driver to be > ready > for day-to-day use (or are my informations outdated?). Only the mac80211 and > cfg80211 bits are in the kernel - which are fairly generic. sid-repos do have > the iwl-firmware, however. > > Aleks
I take it you mean compile ipw3945-source, from the Sid repository -- or from Sourceforge? When I say it's in the kernel, I meant the Debian patched one. I was going by some info from Google, which I think came from this list originally. Someone said they couldn't find ipw3945-modules for a 2.6.23 kernel and they were told to use firmware-iwlwifi instead, which worked for them. Not for me, however. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
