Custom kernel question

Gabriel Euzet g.euzet at free.fr
Mon Oct 24 17:48:10 UTC 2005


John Ruschmeyer a écrit :

> For a while, I've been building a custom kernel for my system based on
> the linux-source package with the addition of the patches for Win4Lin
> 9x support (mki-adapter). Using kernelpackage, I can build an
> installable kernel and headers which work fine on my desktop system
> (very mundane hardware).
>
> For my laptop, though, I also need the madwifi driver which is part of
> the linux-restricted-modules package and is not part of my custom kernel.
>
> So, my question is how can I set up a custom kernel which includes a
> corresponding linux-restrictred-modules?
>
> Thanks...
> <<<john>>>
>
Hi,

Madwifi exists on repositries only as binaries (linux-restricted-modules
as you know).
You need to download sources. Here is the Debian method to compil the
kernel module :
http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=debian&DokuWiki=a23f3394fffd1dbe676ab1c520ce35da

Regards,
Gabe





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