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Wireless Internet Anything related to getting wireless set up in Linux. WLAN, WiFi, etc.

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07-27-2009	#1 (permalink)
Sarvesh81 Just Joined! Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	Adding mac80211 stack in kernel 2.4.20 Hi, Is it possible to add the feature mac80211 available in 2.6.30 kernel into 2.4.20 to support the latest wireless drivers. Regards Sarvesh

07-27-2009	#2 (permalink)
bigtomrodney /etc/init.d/moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunny South-East of Ireland Posts: 6,038	I very much doubt it or rather you'd end up turning your 2.4 kernel into a 2.6 kernel. You'd have to bring the entire udev/hotplug/HAL systems back too. Why not just upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? What distro/release are you using, and are you bound to it? __________________ Registered Linux user #378740 New members read here / Forum Rules #linuxforums on irc.freenode.net

07-27-2009	#3 (permalink)
Sarvesh81 Just Joined! Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	Hi, Yes am limited to kernel version as is used on Intel Xscale platform. And want to know the feasibilty of adding wifi-n support for the same by implementing the necessary changes and hence the question Regards Sarvesh

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