On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:57:53AM -0000, Charles Garcia-Tobin wrote:
> I'm trying to compile the linux-wlan drivers. To do so I need
> to have the kernel source installed. I am not new to linux, but I am
> new to debian and therefore I am a bit lost. I have installed it
> kernel 2.4.18bf. When building the wlan drivers I was asked for the
> kernel source, so I installed the kernel-source-2.4.18-5
> package.
Dear Charles,
Could you please describe the linux-wlan drivers in a bit more
detail please. Can you give us a URL, are they proprietary modules, or
do they come included with the kernel source? What brand, model?
> However during the configuration of the wlan drivers' source I am
> told that the kernel source is incomplete or broken in some way. I
> guess that is because there is no .config file.
Paste the exact error message please. /usr/src/linux/.config isn't
really relevant. .config is the file where make {config, menuconfig,
xconfig} saves all the choices that one makes when deciding what to
they want included or not as part of that kernel. The kernel-config
file off the install media (or from /boot/config-$VERSION) is just a
renamed copy of the .config that was used to compile the current
running kernel for future reference purposes. So .config is unlikely
to the cause of your compile difficulties.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau
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