Compat-wireless su Debian Squeeze/Sid

How-to su come installare i driver compat-wireless su Debian Squeeze/Sid. Su ubuntu si trovano nei repo sotto la voce linux-backports-modules-wireless, mentre per chi usa Debian e non solo si può usare questo metodo:

$ wget https://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2

$ tar xjvf compat-wireless-2.6*.tar.bz2

$ cd compat-wireless-*

a questo punto vediamo la lista dei driver racchiusi all'interno:

$ ./scripts/driver-select - it

edmond@debianbox:~/Scaricati/compat-wireless-2010-11-26$ ./scripts/driver-select – it
Usage: ./scripts/driver-select [ <driver-name> | <driver-group-name> | restore ]
Supported 802.11 drivers:
    ath5k
    ath9k
    ath9k_htc
    carl9170
    b43
    zd1211rw
    rt2x00
    wl1251
    wl12xx
    ath6kl
    brcm80211

Supported group drivers:
    atheros <  ath5k ath9k carl9170 zd1211rw >
    ath <  ath5k ath9k carl9170 >
    intel <  iwl3945 iwlagn ipw2100 ipw2200 >
    iwlwifi <  iwl3945 iwlagn >
    rtl818x <  rtl8180 rtl8187 >
    wl12xx <  wl1251 wl12xx (SPI and SDIO)>

Supported group drivers: Bluetooth & Ethernet:
    atlxx <  atl1 atl2 atl1e atl1c >
    bt <  Linux bluetooth drivers >
Restoring compat-wireless:
    restore: you can use this option to restore compat-wireless to the original state

scegliere il driver da compilare (es: rt2x00)

$ ./scripts/driver-select rt2x00

$ make

# make install

# make unload

# make load

oppure:

# modprobe nome_driver

Autore: Franco Conidi aka edmond

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