From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:11837 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753597AbZATV6E convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:58:04 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:58:04 -0800 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:21:56 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Kyle McMartin CC: Luis Rodriguez , Paul Hickey , "stable@kernel.org" , Kyle McMartin , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Failed Build of modules for 2.6.27.9-159 Message-ID: <20090120212156.GK19581@tesla> (sfid-20090120_225811_809231_E55D6AC7) References: <1232319854.4596.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090119191138.GA4018@tesla> <1232404986.3641.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090120000336.GB4018@tesla> <1232433738.3696.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090120194243.GC19581@tesla> <20090120211246.GD17452@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <20090120211246.GD17452@bombadil.infradead.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html