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[<grail69 AT amnet.net.au>]

Hi Eric

Thanks for the feedback, but had already tried this option and then iwlwifi compiles with errors.
I did however assume that the problem with that was due to mac80211 spell not being installed.

I have attached both my kernel config and the compile log for iwlwifi.

I would appreciate if someone would point me in the right direction

Craig

On Thu Feb 21 4:51 , Eric Sandall sent:

> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Craig Dyke wrote:
>
> > Hi All
>
> >
>
> > I have been working to get my wireless connection working on my laptop.
>
> >
>
> > After some searching, both on our site and Google, I have found that the 
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> > iwlwifi spell is the
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> > way I should proceed to support my ipw3945 card.
>
> >
>
> > My issue is with the dependance on the mac80211 spell asthis will not compile 
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> > for me.
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> >
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> > My problem seems to come in after the patches have been applied to the kernel 
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> > files,
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> > specifically (at this point as it is as far as i have gotten) the ieee80211.c 
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> > file which is patched by
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> > this spell.
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> >
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> > Just wanted to know if anyone else has come across this issue as searching on 
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> > Google yielded
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> > no results.
>
>
> This card is working fine on my box. I assume you are using the
>
> 2.6.24+ kernels. If so, the iwlwifi driver is built in to the kernel
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> and you should use that (plus the built-in mac80211) instead of the
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> external drivers.
>
>
> mac80211 and iwlwifi are only needed for older than 2.6.24 kernels.
>
> Note that you will still need the iwlwifi-*-ucode package for your
>
> card.
>
>
> -sandalle
>
>
> --
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> Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
>
> eric AT sandall.us                  |  http://www.sourcemage.org/
>
> http://eric.sandall.us/          |  Build/Release Engineer @ Cisco/WebEx
>
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