[Orinoco-users] orinoco_get_drvinfo on 2.6.16

[pelle pelle]

when compiling the latest orinoco source from
https://orinoco.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/orinoco
trunk

I get the famous In function '*orinoco_get_drvinfo*' error...
I have linux 2.6.16
where do I go from here? all other newsgroup posts seems old and I dont know
if the new svn version mabye introduced the bug?

to get it working what kernel version do you recommend?

[Pavel Roskin]

Post by pelle pelle
when compiling the latest orinoco source from
https://orinoco.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/orinoco
trunk
I get the famous In function 'orinoco_get_drvinfo' error...
I have linux 2.6.16
where do I go from here? all other newsgroup posts seems old and I
dont know if the new svn version mabye introduced the bug?
to get it working what kernel version do you recommend?

Maybe you should consider if you really need that function. Most other
wireless drivers don't support "ethertool -i" and it doesn't appear to
be a big problem.

[pelle pelle]

do you know the compile options to omit that function? or do I have to edit
the sourcecode?

Post by Pavel Roskin

Post by pelle pelle
when compiling the latest orinoco source from
https://orinoco.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/orinoco
trunk
I get the famous In function 'orinoco_get_drvinfo' error...
I have linux 2.6.16
where do I go from here? all other newsgroup posts seems old and I
dont know if the new svn version mabye introduced the bug?
to get it working what kernel version do you recommend?

Maybe you should consider if you really need that function. Most other
wireless drivers don't support "ethertool -i" and it doesn't appear to
be a big problem.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

[Pavel Roskin]

Post by pelle pelle
do you know the compile options to omit that function? or do I have to
edit the sourcecode?

I think you should edit the source code.

Anyway, the driver is developed in the kernel git repository now. It's
impractical to keep the driver compatible with several different
versions of the kernel.

[pelle pelle]

so which kernel version is the driver compatible with?

Post by Pavel Roskin

Post by pelle pelle
do you know the compile options to omit that function? or do I have to
edit the sourcecode?

I think you should edit the source code.
Anyway, the driver is developed in the kernel git repository now. It's
impractical to keep the driver compatible with several different
versions of the kernel.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

[Pavel Roskin]

Post by pelle pelle
so which kernel version is the driver compatible with?

I have fixed it for Linux 2.6.24-rc1 (but not very well, as it won't
compile with NO_COMPAT_HEADERS=1), and I think Linux 2.6.23 may work.

It's easier for me to remove that repository than to test it against all
recent kernels.

I'm undecided what to do with it, but if the subversion repository takes
too much of my time in terms of support, I'll probably remove it, so
that all the development (except orinoco-fwutils) is moved to the kernel
git repository.