MADWIFI

[Temlakos]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Steven Stern wrote:
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>    I went to the web page of the developers at SourceForge and I really
>>> can't find anything but a tarball from that page. If it is possible to
>>> get a kernel rpm for F7 it must be on the Livina list.
>>>
>>>    I installed the Livina list and used yum install madwifi and got 2
>>> rpm files neither of which were a kernel. It seems it MUST be a kernel
>>> or it can't work.
>>>
>>>    Does anyone know the proper yum call to get a madwifi kernel?
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>     
>> As Erich points out, you can download the RPM from Livna.
>>
>> I build from source. It's pretty easy:
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>> svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi
>> cd madwifi
>> make
>> make install
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>> The first time you install, use "modprobe ath_pci" before rebooting.
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>> - --
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>>   Steve
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> Well the make install must be quite a program. I'm old and I recall 
> you must compile both the things in the kernel and all the modules. I 
> really don't see how that can part of the make install.
>
> And the yum of a kernel FAILED because I already have a later kernel. 
> It might have madwifi but I can't find it.
>
> This whole thing is just a pain!
>
> Karl
>
The program kmod-madwifi is the /kernel module/ for madwifi. The key: 
you must install a kernel module built specially for the kernel you want 
to run it with.

Question for everyone: does the new kernel have any of its own WiFi 
code, and if so, does that code substitute for MADWifi for use with 
Atheros-based wireless NICs?

Temlakos