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... -------------------------------------------------- Google search: Linux wifi - 8,210,000 hits in 0.11 seconds. Linux MADwifi - 977,000 hits in 0.10 seconds -------------------------------------------------- Yahoo search: Linux wifi - 23,800,000 hits in 0.31 seconds Linux MADwifi - 415,000 hits in 0.22 seconds -------------------------------------------------- Answers search: Linux wifi - 514,000 hits Linux MADwifi - 230 hits for books about this subject -------------------------------------------------- -- David
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