From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Jayant Sane <jayant_sane@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Newbie question on 2.6.28-rc8-wl
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:10:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <496A27FA.5030508@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU129-W39120C9D5D733AC53C210180DB0@phx.gbl>
Jayant Sane wrote:
> Bear with a miserable newbie...
>
> I have been asked to compile against the 2.6.28-rc8-wl version of kernel (as printed by uname -r). How and where can I get this specific kernel version from?
>
> I figured how to get the patch for 2.6.28-rc8 but the "-wl" part stumps me.
That is the kernel from the wireless-testing git tree. The only way to
get it is to install the git package from your distro and issue the
command
git clone \
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git
Be aware that the download is roughly 200 MB. In addition, the above
will get you 2.6.28-wl. If you really need -rc8 (which I doubt), then
you will need to issue the additional command
git checkout v2.6.28-rc8
The -wl part is not needed here.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-11 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-11 16:50 Newbie question on 2.6.28-rc8-wl Jayant Sane
2009-01-11 17:10 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2009-01-12 6:37 ` Jayant Sane
2009-01-12 15:05 ` Larry Finger
2009-08-01 1:28 ` Larry Finger
2009-01-11 17:12 ` Fabio Rossi
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