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bassvandijk
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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:33 am Post subject: new Wireless Extension causes warning when starting net.eth1 |
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When starting /etc/init.d/net.eth1 I get the following warning:
| Code: | * Starting eth1
* Configuring wireless network for eth1
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 18
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...
* eth1 connected to "VANDIJKWLAN" at 00:09:5B:DA:0B:C6
* in auto mode (WEP disabled)
* Bringing up eth1
* dhcp
* Running dhcpcd ... [ ok ]
* eth1 received address 192.168.0.3
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I'm using baselayout-1.11.12-r4 and I'm running a ~x86 masked vanilla-sources-2.6.13-rc2 kernel.
The kernel driver apparantley uses a newer version of Wireless Extension ( version 18 ) while the init script (or the program that gets invoked by it) is using an older version ( version 17 ).
What things do I need to update in order to stop getting this warning? |
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_loki_
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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you need to update your wireless extensions in the kernel..
download the patch
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/iw_we18-5.diff copy it to your /usr/src/linux
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cat iw_we18-5.diff | patch -p1
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afterwards you have to recopile the kernel and your wireless module (against the new kernel)
have fun
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Bigun
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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This link doesn't work.
*EDIT*
Link works now.
Thanks for the e-mail as well.
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_loki_
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| ya.. give me your mail.. I can send it. I don't have a web-server.. maybe someone else can host it.. |
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Bigun
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:12 am Post subject: |
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I'll be happy to post it at my site, I PM'ed you my e-mail addy.
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der bastler
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Just for your interest: The file mentioned above is available at hp.com. It is a diff file, thus the correct link is
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/iw_we18-5.diff
(Just strip the "copy" from the "diff"...)
Patching 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 and -r6 seems to work (at least dry-run throws no errors).
Compiling? Don't know, perhaps tonight, at home.
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_loki_
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:26 am Post subject: sorry |
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| There was just a space missing between the link and the word "copy".. Tried the patch with different kernel version with no problems so fare (running love-2.6.12-rc6-love1 right now) |
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der bastler
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:35 am Post subject: Re: sorry |
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| _loki_ wrote: | | There was just a space missing between the link and the word "copy".. Tried the patch with different kernel version with no problems so fare (running love-2.6.12-rc6-love1 right now) |
Good to know, although I am a bit conservative regarding kernels. Gentoo-sources all the way, no problems since spring 2003.
Anyway, the first things I do when I come across a broken link: play around with the URL, use google with "site:"... 
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