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Bug 293140

Summary: Addition of compat-wireless stable branch
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) <zerochaos>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: mobile+disabled
Priority: High Keywords: EBUILD
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 293144    
Bug Blocks:    
Attachments: main ebuild
Patch to fix the makefile
patche for injection use flag to fix mac80211
patch for injection use flag to fix zd1211
patch for injection use flag to fix fragmentation
patch for injection use flag to fix frequency settings
main ebuild after round 1 of sunrise recommendations
main ebuild after round 2 of recommendations

Description Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 03:57:18 UTC
compat-wireless is wifi drivers backported from the lastest stable[pre-patch] to the kernel for use with older kernels >=2.6.27

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge compat-wireless
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
don't have that ebuild

Expected Results:  
add the ebuild and patches attached to this ticket :-)
Comment 1 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 03:58:08 UTC
Created attachment 210188 [details]
main ebuild
Comment 2 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 03:59:01 UTC
Created attachment 210190 [details]
Patch to fix the makefile
Comment 3 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 04:00:03 UTC
Created attachment 210192 [details]
patche for injection use flag to fix mac80211
Comment 4 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 04:00:34 UTC
Created attachment 210194 [details]
patch for injection use flag to fix zd1211
Comment 5 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 04:01:09 UTC
Created attachment 210195 [details]
patch for injection use flag to fix fragmentation
Comment 6 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 04:01:42 UTC
Created attachment 210196 [details]
patch for injection use flag to fix frequency settings
Comment 7 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 05:44:03 UTC
Created attachment 210197 [details]
main ebuild after round 1 of sunrise recommendations
Comment 8 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2009-11-14 21:25:21 UTC
Created attachment 210273 [details]
main ebuild after round 2 of recommendations
Comment 9 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2012-04-16 16:00:51 UTC
This is a really old bug and is already added to the pentoo overlay for some time.  Even the gentoo wiki is pointing people to the pentoo overlay for this, so please note this bug is not up to date at all but the pentoo overlay has up to date ebuilds for users who desire them.