Thread (38 messages) 38 messages, 10 authors, 2008-10-10

Re: iw packaging

From: Stefanik Gábor <hidden>
Date: 2008-09-17 22:06:12

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez [off-list ref] wrote:
People wanting to test bleeding edge and not compile their own kernel
simply can use compat-wireless crap and that has its own nl80211.h. We
can modify iw to let COMPAT_TREE be defined and if so look there
first. This is what CRDA does for example.

I don't see why packages should ship their own nl80211.h unless you
are replacing or providing a new cfg80211.ko.

 Luis
We want distros to ship iw, and for that we must not require using
extra files from a development repository.

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