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On 02/06/2013 04:24 PM, Graham Burnside wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use the compat-wireless backport to compile a newer rt2800pci
> diver for my rt3290 device under wheezy (b4).
> 
> The Makefile is horribly broken due to the use of 'modprobe -l'
> throughout, as are a number of the scripts in the scripts/.

I submitted a patch for that which was applied last year some time...
what version are you trying to compile?

-Zero
> 
> Wheezy has moved to kmod, and uses a symlink from modprobe. kmod sees
> '-l' as an invalid arguement.
> 
> 
> -Graham
>