MADWIFI

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
> on 7/7/2007 2:05 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Temlakos wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Steven Stern wrote:
>>>>         
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>  
>>     
>>>>>>>    I went to the web page of the developers at SourceForge and I 
>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>> can't find anything but a tarball from that page. If it is possible to
>>>>>>> get a kernel rpm for F7 it must be on the Livina list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    I installed the Livina list and used yum install madwifi and got 2
>>>>>>> rpm files neither of which were a kernel. It seems it MUST be a kernel
>>>>>>> or it can't work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Does anyone know the proper yum call to get a madwifi kernel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>               
>> As Erich points out, you can download the RPM from Livna.
>>
>> I build from source. It's pretty easy:
>>
>> svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi
>> cd madwifi
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> The first time you install, use "modprobe ath_pci" before rebooting.
>>
>>     
>
>   
>>>> Well the make install must be quite a program. I'm old and I recall 
>>>> you must compile both the things in the kernel and all the modules. I 
>>>> really don't see how that can part of the make install.
>>>>
>>>> And the yum of a kernel FAILED because I already have a later kernel. 
>>>> It might have madwifi but I can't find it.
>>>>
>>>> This whole thing is just a pain!
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> The program kmod-madwifi is the /kernel module/ for madwifi. The key: 
>>> you must install a kernel module built specially for the kernel you 
>>> want to run it with.
>>>
>>> Question for everyone: does the new kernel have any of its own WiFi 
>>> code, and if so, does that code substitute for MADWifi for use with 
>>> Atheros-based wireless NICs?
>>>
>>> Temlakos
>>>
>>>       
>>     It does. I have wifi on MY laptop now and I had to go to the F7 
>> updated kernel which is Fedora (2.6.21-1.3228.fc7)
>>    which has the old ath_pci and supporting things in it's module stack. 
>> I had the new kernel that is 3232 that has a lot of the new wifi stuff 
>> but not madwifi.
>>     
>
>   
>> I need to do some cleanup and am writing a paper on how to get your 
>> linux to do wifi. It will be long but much more structured than the help 
>> I get here.
>>     
>
>   
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Sorry to rain on your parade here.  8-)
>
>
> Well let us see what I can find...
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Google search:
>
> Linux wifi  -  8,210,000 hits in 0.11 seconds.
> Linux MADwifi  -  977,000 hits in 0.10 seconds
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo search:
>
> Linux wifi  -  23,800,000 hits in 0.31 seconds
> Linux MADwifi  -  415,000 hits in 0.22 seconds
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Answers search:
>
> Linux wifi  -  514,000 hits
> Linux MADwifi  -  230 hits for books about this subject
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>
>   
    Yes David and did you ever see in those 120,000 hits the thing that 
is essential? Did you anywhere see ath_pci????? I didn't.

Karl