From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751757AbWHSOxk (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:53:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751758AbWHSOxk (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:53:40 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43024 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751757AbWHSOxk (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:53:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:53:39 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Kun Niu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How can I enable NET_WIRELESS? Message-ID: <20060819145339.GI7813@stusta.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 08:40:50PM +0800, Kun Niu wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm sorry for the silly questoin. > My kernel version is 2.6.17 > But I've just installed the 802.11 stack on my Debian 3.1. > But I got that the module can't find some external module: > WARNING: > /lib/modules/2.6.17-5/kernel/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac.ko > needs unknown symbol wireless_send_event > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.17-5/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko needs > unknown symbol wireless_spy_update > And I think that I'll have to install the NET_WIRELESS module. > But I can't find it. > When I look for wireless in menuconfig of the kernel, I found that > NET_WIRELESS=n. > > Would anyone be kind enough telling how to enable NET_WIRELESS? Please send your .config . > Thanks in advance. cu Adrian -- Gentoo kernels are 42 times more popular than SUSE kernels among KLive users (a service by SUSE contractor Andrea Arcangeli that gathers data about kernels from many users worldwide). There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Benjamin Disraeli