Re: [gentoo-amd64] 2.6.22 and the rt2500/rt2x00 wireless drivers

[Rodolphe Rocca <fake2@free.fr>]

Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> 
> Kernels before 2.6.22 could be configured with "CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y"
> which would allow the rt2500 legacy driver for the Ralink wireless
> chipset to compile. I've had this combination working now for over a year.
> 
> Starting with kernel 2.6.22, NET_RADIO is apparently no longer a
> configuration parameter, so I can't compile the rt2500 legacy driver,
> nor can I compile the newer rt2x00 driver which also depends on NET_RADIO.
> 
> Has anyone gotten a rt2500/rtx00 driver to compile with 2.6.22? What
> patches are needed? Is there a HOWTO somewhere? (The Gentoo Wiki
> articles "rt2500 on AMD64" and "rt2x00" don't seem to address my
> issue. In any case, neither the latest CVS of rt2500 (2007051606) nor
> the latest ebuild (net-wireless/rt2500-1.1.0_pre2007020911) compile
> with KERNDIR=/usr/src/linux-.6.22-gentoo-r1. The latest ebuild
> compiled just fine with kernels before 2.6.22.)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> --- Vladimir
> 

You can dig bugzilla and find two entries too :

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176148
	=> an ebuild from the git repository by Jakub Moc (you can trust
	 him ;-))

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185229
	=> an ebuild similar to mine

Now you have three choices :-)
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