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List:       linux-wlan-devel
Subject:    Re: [lwlan-devel] ethertool stuff breaks compile on 2.4.10
From:       solomon () linux-wlan ! com
Date:       2004-02-18 16:32:49
Message-ID: 20040218163249.GA30153 () linux-wlan ! com
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:33:04PM -0600, Richard Smith wrote:
> I've got a customer with a PPC based embedded system that used 2.4.10. 
> (I know it's old but thats what my customer has qualified for thier system)

FWIW the PPC arch usually is pretty solid on the 2.4.x series.  But I 
understand the importance of validation testing.
 
> The recient ethertool stuff in .2.1pre19 breaks under 2.4.10 as there 
> are #defines that don't exist in .10s include files.

I'll have this fixed in the next release.

> I haven't tried to actually load it into a 2.4.10 kernel yet.  Seems 
> 2.4.10 doesen't do ext3 so I can't (read don't want to) test it on any 
> of my desktop systems so I'm either going to have to actually do it on 
> the target.  That or setup a new system I don't mind trashing.

I don't recall when ext3 was merged in, but I know I was using it since 
2.4.5.  There should be patches for 2.4.10, but obviously I recommend a 
newer kernel.  One could remove the journal inode, effectively switching 
the fs back to ext2 though.

> 1. Any chance this will work on a 2.4.10 kernel or will there some ABI 
> issues?

If it builds cleanly, it'll run.

> 2. Has anyone done any work with compiling the drivers static?  The 
> target embedded system dosen't do modules.

This should be possible with the current -pre19 makefiles, but 
integrating the build may be a PITA.
 
> 3. Do I even want to try and make this work?  I noticed lots of "USB 
> fixes" in the kernel change log between 2.4.10 and .25  If there are 
> good reasons for moving to a newer kernel to make all this work then I 
> can probally make that happen.

Who knows -- it may work, it may not.   It depens on the host controller 
driver.. but the USB core itself had many, many, mayn fixes.  I dn't 
believe linux-wlan-ng was too reliable with USB until ..2.4.20, maybe?

 - Pizza
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