From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
Cc: Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"ilw@linux.intel.com" <ilw@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Thinkpad X60s/200s: Intel 3945/5100 works with kernel 2.6.32-67/3.0.0-32 but not 3.7 vanilla.
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:39:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1415615960.1847.11.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87egtbxs8t.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (sfid-20141110_113043_489571_43C3C8D9)
On Mon, 2014-11-10 at 11:30 +0100, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:
>
> > you problem is that you didn't compile the kernel with wireless
> > extensions. This interface is deprecated, but I don't remember if it
> > was the case for 3.7.
> > In any case, this is a problem in your config, not a driver issue.
>
> What make you say that?
> My config file concerning wireless options is:
>
> CONFIG_WIRELESS=y
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
> CONFIG_IPWIRELESS=m
You'd need CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT (or so) as well, but realistically you
should stop using wireless extensions and use nl80211 (via the "iw"
tool) instead.
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-10 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-07 14:58 Thinkpad X60s/200s: Intel 3945/5100 works with kernel 2.6.32-67/3.0.0-32 but not 3.7 vanilla Uwe Brauer
2014-11-08 17:44 ` Emmanuel Grumbach
2014-11-10 10:30 ` Uwe Brauer
2014-11-10 10:39 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2014-11-11 18:31 ` Uwe Brauer
2014-11-12 7:25 ` Sedat Dilek
2014-11-12 7:31 ` Sedat Dilek
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