Re: Kernel Recompile from 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8

[Haroon Chaudhry <chaudhry@medicaltelecom.com>]

> If I apt-get kernel-source-2.6.8, and compile it with 
> /boot/config-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8, will I lose any functionality in the kernel?
I am not sure about this, though it worked fine for me.

> I don't have linux-wlan-ng available through apt-get; if I download the source 
> from elsewhere, will I be able to compile it against a locally compiled kernel 

I did that a while ago (I believe with stock kernel sources) and it worked fine too.
I am not sure but  kernel-headers for your installed version may be sufficient to compile 
linux- wlan-ng

haroon