[rawhide social experiments] kernel-source(code) package removed once again ... (was: How to build kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.525)

[Pekka Pietikainen]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:47:25PM -0500, Steven Pritchard wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Manuel Moreno wrote:
> > ** kernel-sourcecode (or whatever you call it) _is_ necessary to build
> > drivers from other developers or vendors (madwifi, hostapp, intel,
> I was also just able to build the zaptel modules on the same system
> with no problems.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if the other modules
> you mentioned build fine without "real" kernel source as well.
Well, he's right about intel (ipw2100 and 2200). Those actually require
drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h. Of course, downloading the entire kernel
sourcecode for this 2.5k header file is silly, a better way would be
to get the header moved to include/linux, include/net or whatnot.

Even the driver Makefile says

# We have to add drivers/net/wireless until ieee802_11.h is in the default
# include path
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(TOPDIR)/drivers/net/wireless

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Pekka Pietikainen