MADWIFI
David Boles
dgboles at gmail.com
Sat Jul 7 21:28:59 UTC 2007
on 7/7/2007 2:05 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Temlakos wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>> Steven Stern wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>>>>>> I went to the web page of the developers at SourceForge and I
>>>>>> really
>>>>>> can't find anything but a tarball from that page. If it is possible to
>>>>>> get a kernel rpm for F7 it must be on the Livina list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed the Livina list and used yum install madwifi and got 2
>>>>>> rpm files neither of which were a kernel. It seems it MUST be a kernel
>>>>>> or it can't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know the proper yum call to get a madwifi kernel?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> As Erich points out, you can download the RPM from Livna.
>
> I build from source. It's pretty easy:
>
> svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi
> cd madwifi
> make
> make install
>
> The first time you install, use "modprobe ath_pci" before rebooting.
>
>>>>
>>> Well the make install must be quite a program. I'm old and I recall
>>> you must compile both the things in the kernel and all the modules. I
>>> really don't see how that can part of the make install.
>>>
>>> And the yum of a kernel FAILED because I already have a later kernel.
>>> It might have madwifi but I can't find it.
>>>
>>> This whole thing is just a pain!
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>> The program kmod-madwifi is the /kernel module/ for madwifi. The key:
>> you must install a kernel module built specially for the kernel you
>> want to run it with.
>>
>> Question for everyone: does the new kernel have any of its own WiFi
>> code, and if so, does that code substitute for MADWifi for use with
>> Atheros-based wireless NICs?
>>
>> Temlakos
>>
> It does. I have wifi on MY laptop now and I had to go to the F7
> updated kernel which is Fedora (2.6.21-1.3228.fc7)
> which has the old ath_pci and supporting things in it's module stack.
> I had the new kernel that is 3232 that has a lot of the new wifi stuff
> but not madwifi.
> I need to do some cleanup and am writing a paper on how to get your
> linux to do wifi. It will be long but much more structured than the help
> I get here.
> Karl
Sorry to rain on your parade here. 8-)
Well let us see what I can find...
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David
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