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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile ipw2100 against kernel 2.6.13
From:       John Green <jg012b8403_2 () blueyonder ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-09-29 16:57:01
Message-ID: 433C2848.80003 () blueyonder ! co ! uk
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Richard Fish wrote:

> John Green wrote:
>
>> the problem might be with ieee80211. A detailed look at my log file for
>> rebuilding ieee80211
>> under 2.6.13.2 showed that the ebuild tried to delete kernel file
>> include/net/ieee80211.h,
>> but failed with insufficient privilege, even though emerge was running
>> as root. I deleted
>> the kernel header file by hand and the ebuild for ipw2100 then ran
>> successfully.
>>  
>>
>
> BTW, the current ~x86 version of the ipw2100 ebuild has a check for
> this, and if the file exists, it will prompt you to remove it and then
> fail the build.
>
> You might try:
>
> echo "net-wireless/ipw2100 ~x86" >>/etc/portage/package.keywords
> emerge -Dv net-wireless/ipw2100
>
> I'm using ipw2100-1.1.2-r3 with suspend2-sources-2.6.13-r4 without any
> significant problems.
>
> -Richard
>
Thanks for the tip, but it did not help.  I still get no communication
when running with 2.6.13.2.

I guess I'll wait for 2.6.14 and try again.

John Green
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