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d_logan
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 Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: WIRELESS_EXT missing from gentoo-sources 2.6.33-r1 [SOLVED] |
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It's just not in menuconfig, how do I enable it?
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:49 am Post subject: |
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Hi, can you post this :
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# cd /usr/src/linux
# cat .config | grep -i ext
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:46 am Post subject: |
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try enabling the following:
NETDEVICES support at:
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WLAN support at
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│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) │
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IEEE 802.11 for Host AP (Prism2/2.5/3 and WEP/TKIP/CCMP) at
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│ -> Device Drivers │
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) │
│ -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y])
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that should enable it by default.
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d_logan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't find the thread, but for whatever reason, in 2.6.33, it can't be enabled directly. I had to enable CONFIG_HOSTAP to get CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT enabled. It's working now. Marking solved. |
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hujuice
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Kernel help wrote: | ...
See <http://hostap.epitest.fi/> for more information about the
Host AP driver configuration and tools. This site includes
information and tools (hostapd and wpa_supplicant) for WPA/WPA2
support.
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It has been very hard to find for me too...
Regards,
HUjuice
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solamour
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I know this is an old, old thread, but I recently encountered the same problem and ended up spending more time than I expected with the kernel 4.9.x. I'd like to share what I found in case it might help others.
Yes, you need to enable HOSTAP to get WIRELESS_EXT (I'm not sure WIRELESS_EXT exists on its own entry in the kernel configuration). But HOSTAP is buried in WLAN_VENDOR_INTERSIL, so if WLAN_VENDOR_INTERSIL is not enabled, you won't see HOSTAP either.
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Device Drivers
Network device support (NETDEVICES)
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Intersil devices (WLAN_VENDOR_INTERSIL)
IEEE 802.11 for Host AP (Prism2/2.5/3 and WEP/TKIP/CCMP) (HOSTAP)
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