Compiling kernel 2.6.16 or higher under Sarge

[shahim essaid.com]

Hi all,

I am somewhat new to Debian and Iam not sure if this is possible. I want 
to compile a 2.6.16 from source but the minimum requirement listed under 
Documentation/Changes are not satisfied under Sarge. udev, for example, 
has to be 071 or higher.


I did try backports.org but there were too many other dependencies and I 
didn't want to make all the changes without getting some advice first.


Can I compile 2.6.16 from source under Sarge?

I am assuming that even if I compile a kernel under unstable or testing, 
I will still need to meet the kernel requirements to be able to install 
it under Sarge. Am I correct?


In case you are wondering why I am doing this, I would like to setup an 
IPSec firewall/router and my understanding is that for kernels below 
2.6.16 I will have to apply netfilter/iptables patches to be able to use 
Policy Match and other features with Shorewall.  Is this correct?  I 
thought it was going to be easier to compile a recent kernel instead of 
figuring out the patches but it looks like this is just as difficult to 
follow.


Thanks
Shahim


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Re: wireless - where to start?

[shahim essaid.com]

Tyler Smith wrote:

Hi,

I'm a little confused by the available how-to's etc. regarding getting
wireless working on my laptop. There is a fair bit of material
available, but much of it is old and/or contradictory. If someone could
help point me towards a good reliable source to get going that would be
great.

I'm using:
Debian Etch, freshly installed and upgraded
Linksys model no. WPC55AG notebook adapter card
Toshiba Satellite 2410 laptop (I have to wait for my thinkpad...)

Thanks!

Tyler
  
I just went through this the other day for the first time. I needed a 
driver (madwifi), wireless-tools, and wpa-supplicant (for WPA). I am 
running Sarge and some of these packages have to be up to date so I got 
them from backports.org. I am not sure if you really need ifplugd but it 
helps configure/deconfigure your interfaces when they appear and disappear.


I can't remember all the details but I think that hotplug will get your 
device installed and then ifup/ifdown will have scripts added by the 
above packages to get your card working correctly. I put all the 
settings for wireless-tools and wpa-supplicant in 
/etc/network/interfaces and the scripts for those packages used that 
information to setup the card when it is plugged in.


This was the first time I did this but it worked for me. You need a 
driver, wireless tools and possibly other packages if you need 
encryption. I read most of the documents (man pages, docs, and their 
websites) for these packages to understand how they all work together 
and I would recommend you do the same otherwise you might waste many 
hours trying different settings without understanding what is going on. 
I did that first and it didn't work. :-)



http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/  ( I think WEP is 
included in the wireless tools)


http://madwifi.org/

http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/


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