kmod-madwifi--where is the update?

[John DeDourek]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Temlakos schrieb:
>   
>> Adam Hough wrote:
>>     
>>> This is why I have pulled down a nightly snapshot of the madawifi-ng
>>> driver and build my own rpm using the spec file from the livna rpms. 
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 21:49 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Temlakos schrieb:
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>>>>         
>>>>> Why hasn't Livna pushed an update of kmod-madwifi for the latest kernel 
>>>>> update? I can't run a laptop without madwifi (well, I can, but I 
>>>>> wouldn't have any network access without plugging in a hard wire). I've 
>>>>> waited for three days for Livna to push that update and they haven't 
>>>>> done it. What goes on?
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> The current version doesn't build on 2.6.20. Upstream afaik promised a
>>>> new version that is compatible to 2.6.20 for yesterday -- but it's not
>>>> there yet afaik. Patches that are of a small size that make it work
>>>> would be appreciated, but maybe just waiting for 0.9.3 to come out might
>>>> be easier now.
>>>>
>>>> <political>BTW, this is one of the reasons why external kernel-modules
>>>> suck.<missionaring>Prefer hardware that is supported by
>>>> in-kernel-drivers!</missionaring></political>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>> Could you please write a how-to for that?
>>     
>
> that?
>
> kmod packages are nearly normal rpm spec files, so the usual stuff fopr
> writing spec files should help.
>
>   
>> I have an rpm build 
>> environment set up--I used it to build my own rpm's from Sun's Java 
>> binary. (Thanks, Michael Peters.) Does rpm.livna.org have a set of 
>> instructions on how to rebuild a module for any kernel?
>>     
>
> Does "How do I rebuild a kmod srpm for one kernel" on
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules
> help?
>
> BTW, madwifi 0.9.3 rpms are building, they should be available soon.
>
> Cu
> thl
>
>   
The livna kmod for the 2.6.20 fedora 5 update was there this morning.  I 
presume
that the Fedora 6 kmod would be available as well.