[Orinoco-users] error in compiling - No rule to make target... orinoco_cs.c

[Mike Wadhera]

Hello,

I'm currently running Ubuntu Dapper on a G3 iBook.

It has the original generation Airport (rebranded orinoco cg) & I am trying
to get monitor mode support as it is turned off in the distributed version
for Dapper. Therefore, I need to recompile & install with that option turned
on.

I've followed the directions for apt-get'ing my kernel headers, source &
build essentials. I downloaded the rc4 source & modified line 116 in
orinoco.c for the monitor mode support.

However, when I go to run make, I get the following error:

***@warmachine:~/drivers/orinoco-0.15$ sudo make

make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-26-powerpcM=/home/skycaptain/drivers/orinoco-
0.15 KERNELRELEASE=2.6.15-26-powerpc modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-26-powerpc'

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_cs.c',
needed by `/home/skycaptain/drivers/orinoco-0.15/orinoco_cs_kernel.c'.
Stop.

make[1]: *** [_module_/home/skycaptain/drivers/orinoco-0.15] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-26-powerpc'
make: *** [modules] Error 2


I am fairly unexperienced in these compiler errors, any help would be much
appreciated as I believe i'm really close in getting this working.

Mike

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Post by Mike Wadhera
Hello,
I'm currently running Ubuntu Dapper on a G3 iBook.
It has the original generation Airport (rebranded orinoco cg) & I am
trying to get monitor mode support as it is turned off in the
distributed version for Dapper. Therefore, I need to recompile &
install with that option turned on.
I've followed the directions for apt-get'ing my kernel headers, source
& build essentials. I downloaded the rc4 source & modified line 116 in
orinoco.c for the monitor mode support.

If you want to follow the "directions" that instruct you to download a
release candidate instead of a more recent release and then patch it,
you probably shouldn't be asking here.

The release should be better than the release candidate. It may fix
some problem including yours. It's a decision made by developers what
to call stable release. You are not trusting that decision.

Also, if you patch the driver, you assume that the developers cannot
make a reasonable choice when monitor mode should be supported.

Well, if you trust those "directions", maybe you should ask their author
to help you?