Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH v2 2/2] rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B

[Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_leung@yahoo.co.uk>]

Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski wrote:

>> and applying the two patches on top, they applies cleanly and compile okay
>> except for some warnings in a different module about missing symbols
>> (<something>_sta) but the result dies very painfully with a kernel oops:
> 
> Looks like something bad in combination of compat-wireless plus kernel 
> 2.6.27.4-73.fc10.x86_64, please try a plain wireless-testing tree with the 
> two patches.

Hmm, I'll have to check, but I was a bit puzzled that compat-wireless didn't 
build the mac80211 module and the fc10 kernel didn't have one either. (and early 
kernels have a mac80211.ko). Has this been made obsolete, or did the fc10 kernel 
shipped it compiled-in and for some good/bad reason compat-wireless doesn't
build modules that are compiled in? (obviously there is no point in building a 
module the older version of which is compiled in since it won't be used...)

The status.retry_count vs status.rate[0].count change must be in mac80211.ko
or some other more generic module?

Hin-Tak
P.S. I know building a whole wireless-testing kernel is the way to go, but
it takes *very long*...