From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:65449 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932420Ab0DPVuL (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:50:11 -0400 Subject: Re: compat-wireless doesn't compile against 2.6.32 on Ubuntu beta From: Pavel Roskin To: Andrey Semyonov Cc: linux-wireless In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:50:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1271454610.16507.33.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 21:11 +0400, Andrey Semyonov wrote: > I get this when trying to compile current drivers: > > > /usr/local/src/compat-wireless-2010-04-14# make > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-19-generic/build > M=/usr/local/src/compat-wireless-2010-04-14 modules > make[1]: Вход в каталог `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-19-generic' > CC [M] /usr/local/src/compat-wireless-2010-04-14/net/mac80211/main.o > /usr/local/src/compat-wireless-2010-04-14/net/mac80211/main.c: In > function 'ieee80211_alloc_hw': > /usr/local/src/compat-wireless-2010-04-14/net/mac80211/main.c:394: > error: implicit declaration of function '__hw_addr_init' I confirm the problem. Basically, the bleeding edge compat-wireless is useless now. Perhaps we need a check to to prevent broken tarballs from being uploaded. It's better than force users to search for the last working tarball. compat-wireless-2.6.34-rc4 should be OK for Linux 2.6.27 and newer, although it lacks some fixes needed for older kernels. It also lacks the experimental wireless code that is not scheduled for Linux 2.6.34. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin