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> Wireless USB problems.
> A friend loaned me a D-Link DWL-211 (wireless B) and a newer Linksys
> (Cisco) Wireless G.  BOth have linux drivers - prism2_usb.o and
> prism54usb.o
>
> I tried to compile the first and got an error message not found on the
> internet.  I have to use gcc 2.95.3 in order for the module to work with
> the k2.4.31 kernel I compiled with that gcc.  Did not attempt the other
> driver.

Version 2.9 of prism2_usb would not compile for me with gcc 3.4.6, but 
version 2.3 did compile (not with gcc 2.95.3)

Kernel and modules need to be compiled with the same gcc version.

I proved this by trying to insmod one of the many modules created -
insmod:  couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for.

If I accidentally try to use my modules with David Moberg's kernel, I 
think what happens is they insmod but then linux crashes.

I should compile a gcc 3.4.6 kernel (2.4.33 instead of 2.4.31, maybe also 
a 2.6 kernel which still uses hda instead of sda) and matching modules.

If there is a BL4, with SW11 glibc, it should also use SW11 gcc, and 
kernels and modules compiled with it.

Are there any experts left in this list interested in helping update BL to 
work with 5-10 year old hardware?

Perhaps cardbus wireless needs a kernel compiled with later gcc.

Sindi