* LIBIPW
@ 2011-01-25 17:51 James
2011-01-25 18:06 ` LIBIPW Randy Dunlap
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From: James @ 2011-01-25 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless Mailing List
/usr/src/compat-wireless-2011-01-24 $ sudo make
/usr/src/compat-wireless-2011-01-24/config.mk:202: "WARNING:
CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT will be deactivated or not working because kernel
was compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. Tools using wext interface like
iwconfig will not work. To activate it build your kernel e.g. with
CONFIG_LIBIPW=m."
$ sudo grep LIBIPW ../linux/.config
''
What does LIBIPW depend on?
I don't even see a choice to turn it on.
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* Re: LIBIPW
2011-01-25 17:51 LIBIPW James
@ 2011-01-25 18:06 ` Randy Dunlap
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2011-01-25 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James; +Cc: linux-wireless Mailing List
On Tue, January 25, 2011 9:51 am, James wrote:
> /usr/src/compat-wireless-2011-01-24 $ sudo make
> /usr/src/compat-wireless-2011-01-24/config.mk:202: "WARNING:
> CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT will be deactivated or not working because kernel
> was compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. Tools using wext interface like
> iwconfig will not work. To activate it build your kernel e.g. with
> CONFIG_LIBIPW=m."
>
>
> $ sudo grep LIBIPW ../linux/.config
> ''
>
>
> What does LIBIPW depend on?
> I don't even see a choice to turn it on.
It's not a user-visible prompted symbol.
It's selected by IPW2100 or IPW2200.
Also, the help text for LIBIPW (in 2.6.37) says:
This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
networking stack. This component is deprecated in favor of the
mac80211 component.
--
~Randy
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