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Re: [sid] what package for iwl4965 and mac80211 kernel modules



On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:08 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and
> > its deps.
> > I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in
> > France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the
> > module is unknown.
> > I am running the Sid 2.6.22 kernel, on amd64 arch.

> The one relevant package for 4965 seems to be "firmware-iwlwifi"
> (from non-free).

I got it, found with "apt-cache search".

> With linux-image-2.6.22-1-k7, I can "modprobe mac80211".
> It looks like maybe the iwl4965 driver is not in the mainline kernel and does
> not have a debian package at this time.

Let's hope some devs will port it soon from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=iwl4965.ko&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=gutsy&arch=amd64



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