LIBIPW

DISCUSSION James 2 participants 2 messages Jan 25, 2011

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James

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2011-01-25 17:52 UTC #0 lore raw

/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
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What does LIBIPW depend on?
I don't even see a choice to turn it on.

Randy Dunlap

2011-01-25 18:06 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 8 lines · James

/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."

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$ sudo grep LIBIPW ../linux/.config
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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.

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