kmod-madwifi--where is the update?

[Temlakos]

John DeDourek wrote:
> 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:
>>>>>            
>>>>>> 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.
>
Yes, it is. I have it, and it works with the new kernel.

Temlakos