From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.63.242]:52484 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752121AbdLBU2L (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2017 15:28:11 -0500 Message-ID: <1512246489.26976.6.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20171202_212813_379502_73F01EEF) Subject: Re: Cross-compiling wifi driver on Android From: Johannes Berg To: Remington Furman , backports@vger.kernel.org Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 21:28:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <043841bf-92f4-e240-ea3b-2ae6946aae66@gmail.com> (sfid-20171202_173104_365595_E4B4EAD5) References: <41f0fd53-25ef-420e-8ef8-f24498b8118e@gmail.com> <1512202131.26976.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> <043841bf-92f4-e240-ea3b-2ae6946aae66@gmail.com> (sfid-20171202_173104_365595_E4B4EAD5) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, > Thank you very much. That tip to follow the dependencies helped a lot. > I had been using "/" before, but just learned you can type the numbers > in parenthesis in the search results to jump to them. Saves a lot of time. Hah, nice trick, I wasn't aware of that either :-) Thanks! > After working recursively through the dependencies for the backports > menuconfig option I wanted (RTL8192CU) I found out that CPTCFG_MAC80211 > wasn't appearing as an option in backports because my target kernel did > not satisfy it's dependencies for CRYPTO_CCM, CRYPTO_GCM, and > CRYPTO_CMAC. After enabling those on my target kernel, CPTCFG_MAC80211 > appeared and I could enable everything in backports down to my desired > driver. Ah, yes, I should've guessed that, but forgot that the driver needs mac80211 at all. I had attempted to backport these (crypto) at some point, but it's very tricky. Glad you could sort it out :) johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in