i think it's better to support both kernel >=2.6.18 and 2.6.16 because the vanilla kernel developers release the stable kernel under 2.6.16 tree Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge ipw3945 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-wireless/ipw3945-1.2.0 to / * ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz MD5 ;-) ... [ ok ] * ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ipw3945-1.2.0.tgz ;-) ... [ ok ] * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.16.40 !!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw3945-1.2.0 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1630: Called dyn_setup ebuild.sh, line 702: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup' ebuild.sh, line 38: Called pkg_setup ipw3945-1.2.0.ebuild, line 40: Called die !!! ipw3945-1.2.0 needs a kernel >=2.6.18! Please set your KERNEL_DIR or /usr/src/linux suitably !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ipw3945-1.2.0/temp/build.log'.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 137808 ***
i think this bug is different than 137808 because when i try to compile ipw3945 it parse correcly my version of kernel (2.6.16.40) then it raise an error because this package support only kernel > 2.6.18 and my request is to support kernel 2.6.16.x thanks for your help amedeo
Shrug... It's really all the same thing, doesn't work properly w/ a.b.c.d versions, been broken for quite some time.
(In reply to comment #3) > Shrug... It's really all the same thing, doesn't work properly w/ a.b.c.d > versions, been broken for quite some time. What Jakub said. ipw3945 isn't working properly with the in-tree ieee80211, so we decided to switch to the in-kernel ieee80211. Which seems to be working great so far, but you'll have to use something newer than 2.6.17.
> great so far, but you'll have to use something newer than 2.6.17. this mean that i must use kernel newer than 2.6.17? and there aren't program to support linux stable kernel (now 2.6.16)?
