ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 needs /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-32.fc6, this is not available

[David Kramer]

Yuan Yijun wrote:
> Before the analysis, remember all kmdl packages depend on a specific
> version of kernel. In the above list, ipw3945-kmdl depends on
> kernel-2.6.22.1-32.
> 
> If you updated the kernel, then ipw3945-kmdl would become unusable. So
> yum is preventing this from happening. If you want to update your
> kernel to kernel.i686 2.6.22.2-42.fc6, then you have to be able to
> find ipw3945-kmdl of that version-release in your configured yum repo.
> 
> Have you tried the builtin iwl3945 driver? Remove ipw3945-kmdl,
> Install iwl3945-ucode and you can use the builtin driver, you don't
> need to install anything else.

I thought (from scanning the list) that the 3945 drivers being in the 
kernel was a F7 thing, and wasn't included in the FC6 kernels.

Am I wrong?  I would live to be wrong, and get away from this kmdl 
problem (for the wireless, at least).

> Then remember to update kernel and kernel-devel at the same time. It
> is better than kmdl imo.

Yeah, I only installed the kernel headers because fuse needed it, and 
ntfs-3g needed fuse, but fuse needed a kernel that there was no 3945 
kmdl for, so that's why I have multiple kernels installed, and the 
kernel headers for a different version than I'm running.

It might be a bit risky, but it sounds like what I need to do is remove 
all 3945 stuff, remove all but the newest kernel, install iwl3945-ucode, 
and do an update while praying and thinking pure thoughts.

Thanks for your help.