Re: Bug#491601: madwifi-source fails to build against 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486
On Monday 21 July 2008 05:44:45 Michael Goetze wrote:
> Package: madwifi-source
> Version: 0.9.2+r1842.20061207-2etch2
>
> When I try to compile madwifi-source against linux-2.6.24-etchnhalf.
> 1-486, I get the following error:
>
> ...
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> Checking requirements... ok.
> Checking kernel configuration... FAILED
> Please enable wireless extensions.
> make[2]: *** [configcheck] Error 1
> ...
>
> Presumably, the etchnhalf release would need to include a newer
> version of madwifi-source to rectify this problem.
Thats right, throw a kernel 6 upstream versions newer into an archive frozen
when 2.6.18 was new and it's what you get ;-)
Unfortunately, I don't think etch will see another update to fix this problem.
A backport from sid/testing could be done, the porter would need to drop
debhelper compat level. However, the delta between madwifi upstream in etch
and sid/testing is very large. A bacport of madwifi 0.9.4 based package could
be possible, however the 0.9.4 based package has been superceded in sid/testing
recently in favour of something far more bleeding edge.
Picking out the exact upstream backports required to fix the antiquated madwifi
version in etch for 2.6.24 would be tedious, time consuming and very error
prone. Especially hard for a novice Linux kernel code hacker such as myself.
The same problem exists for ndiswrapper in etch, and probably other
module-source packages too. I am not aware of any module-source etch+1/2
update plan. Hopefully there is such a plan for Lenny+1/2, and hopefully it
doesn't mandate the cherry picking of exact API fixes for external modules,
but rather the backporting of new upstream versions that had seen some time
in the archive post-stable-release.
Thanks, Kel.
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