cannot build compat-wireless
Hi,
I have currently a 2.6.24 kernel on the distribution gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org). Unfortunately, I can't build compat wireless, getting the following error:
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r165184 compat-wireless-2008-08-06 # make
./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.shconfig.mk >include/linux/compat_autoconf.hmake -C/lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/buildM=/compat-wireless-2008-08-06 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8'WARNING: Symbol version dump
/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8/Module.symvers
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
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LD /compat-wireless-2008-08-06/drivers/misc/built-in.o
CC [M] /compat-wireless-2008-08-06/drivers/misc/eeprom_93cx6.o/bin/sh:scripts/genksyms/genksyms: File or directory not found make[3]: *** [/compat-wireless-2008-08-06/drivers/misc/eeprom_93cx6.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/compat-wireless-2008-08-06/drivers/misc] Error 2 make[1]: *** [_module_/compat-wireless-2008-08-06] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
r165184 compat-wireless-2008-08-06 #
Other users of the distribution gentoo have the same error, see
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hmm, I can't even get this stupid thing to build with sudo make && sudo make install. errors all over the place.
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I got it to compile by commenting out some line in the code, but iwl4965 wouldn't modprobe.
with best wishes,
Benjamin