2.6.22 kernel and WiFi

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>    I show my ignorance here but I sure thought you treat the ndiswrapper
>> file as a module for the kernel and you have to install it into a new
>> kernel. I know Fedora sends RPM packed kernel modifications and I have
>> no idea how those work!
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>>    In my kernel work days we had to compile the kernel AND the modules.
>> I think you still have to but it is done at Red Hat and they send all
>> the stuff as binary files in the RPM. To you it means the ndiswrapper
>> was compiled into a kernel. If you change to another kernel you will
>> need to do it again.
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>> Karl
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> Karl, I probably should explain a little more about my setup.  I
> inquired about the .22 kernel and the wireless stack changes because my
> laptop uses ndiswrapper for the broadcom driver (64-bit).  I neglected
> to mention that I'm not using Fedora on this laptop as i felt like this
> wasn't necessary to mention.  I wanted some insight into the new stack
> in the kernel, which (in my mind) seemed distro agnostic.  That said,
> everything you say is correct, any time I move to a new kernel I have to
> rebuild ndiswrapper for that kernel.  What I was afraid of, was that
> ndiswrapper would have issues with the new stack (for whatever reason).
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> I can find out on my own by building the .22 kernel, but I like having
> an idea of what I"m up against before I do that.
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OK. Well it's my bet nobody has ever done this before with the .22 
kernel so you will need to do it and then tell us how it worked out. It 
should not take much time unless you have a problem. Pray for a complete 
compile with no errors :-)

Karl