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authorRobby Workman <rw@rlworkman.net>2010-05-11 19:45:54 +0200
committerDavid Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-11 19:45:54 +0200
commit5ba14215835e6023007554610ff72ca48a1e2378 (patch)
tree94d33ce8f6878059ab6393fc6213d76da8549282 /network/madwifi-driver/README
parent2e4da0964a8e9a99181261911874cef506d050ac (diff)
network/madwifi-driver: Updated for version 0.9.4
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diff --git a/network/madwifi-driver/README b/network/madwifi-driver/README
index b1ce2d9bc295f..c65140458eaed 100644
--- a/network/madwifi-driver/README
+++ b/network/madwifi-driver/README
@@ -10,23 +10,17 @@ kernel version, two things are required:
2) run the script as: KERNELVERSION=<version> sh madwifi-driver.SlackBuild
In place of <version> use only the version, not the full path. The <version>
string from 1) and 2) must be identical.
- Examples: KERNELVERSION=2.4.33.3 or KERNELVERSION=2.6.18
+ Example: KERNELVERSION=2.6.22.7
The kernel module will then be installed to /lib/modules/<version>/....
You may use this SlackBuild to build the madwifi module for as many *different*
kernels as you like and they can be installed alongside each other without
conflict.
-NOTE: MadWifi 0.9.2.1 and earlier do NOT compile against kernel 2.6.19 and
- higher. MadWifi 0.9.3 will address this issue. SlackBuilds for
- madwifi-tools and madwifi-driver will be updated when 0.9.3 is
- released.
-
Requirements:
Kernel requirements:
Linux Kernel 2.4.23+ or 2.6.x series
Kernel source and headers of running kernel
-
No module versioning support
option CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
Wireless Extensions support in kernel
@@ -42,11 +36,9 @@ Kernel requirements:
Requirements for configuring the wireless card:
madwifi-tools -- suite of tools designed specifically for madwifi-supported cards
- iwconfig -- part of "wireless-tools" package in /n for Slackware 11.0
- wpa_supplicant -- for WPA encrypted networks.
- -- Available in /testing for Slackware 11.0
+ iwconfig -- part of "wireless-tools" package in N series
+ wpa_supplicant -- for WPA encrypted networks - in N package series
NOTE: You can place the SlackBuild and slack-desc.{tools,driver} files
in the same directory without conflicts, and then you only have to
keep one copy of the madwifi source code around...
-