Re: compiling bcm4xx module

[Erik Mouw]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 04:38:29PM +0530, robert george wrote:
>    i am having 2.6.16-13 kernel .This kernel lack support for broadcom
> wireless card.But the latest kernel is having support for this card.
> 
>   I download the the kernel ,but i would like to compile this particular
> 
> driver only , not the entire kernel.
>   Is it possible???

I don't think so. Bcm43xx needs the ieee80211 subsystem, which also
changed a lot between 2.6.16 and 2.6.18.

>  I tried to execute the following command
>  make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.16-13 SUBDIRS=$PWD  modules
> 
>  but got following error  message ..
> 
>  ' No reason to target modules'
> 
>  How can i compile the driver separately???

Not against that particular kernel. 


Erik

-- 
+-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 --
| Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/