Re: Failed Build of modules for 2.6.27.9-159

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 01:12:46PM -0800, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:42:43AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:42:18PM -0800, Paul Hickey wrote:
> > > Hi Luis,
> > >
> > > 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 is the kernel. I burned the distro right=
 from
> > > Fedora.
> >
> > I am =FCber-surprised to hear that FC10 2.6.27 kernels have added
> > pci_ioremap_bar() in their kernel header include/linux/pci.h. I
> > have verified this by checking:
> >
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/10/x86_6=
4/kernel-devel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64.rpm
> >
> > I have checked upstrea 2.6.27.9 and even 2.6.27.12 and they do not =
have this. This breaks
> > compatibility projects like compat-wireless :(
> >
> > Kyle?
> >
>=20
> F10 will be going to 2.6.28 within a few days... but honestly, if peo=
ple
> are going to using out of tree wireless (which is what they're doing,
> even if it's going upstream, it's not there now)=20

This stuff just pulls directly from wireless-testing BTW, the rest is j=
ust compat crap
to get it to work on older kernels.

> why can't they just
> build their own kernel too?

Because it involves a lot more work, just getting initrds to work prope=
rly these
days in distributions tends to be a real big pain in the ass for the no=
vice user.
Upgrading a user's wireless subsystem by simply typing in

make
sudo make install

Is a lot easier than trying to get them to wrap their brain around how =
to compile
and successfully install a new kernel. Additionally some project like o=
penwrt seem
to find it a lot more useful than bumping their entire kernel. 16 GB wo=
rth of
downloads of compat-wireless seems to indicate some people find it a re=
asonable
alternative. Its the only reason why I still maintain it.

  Luis
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