[orbit-user] kernel installation issues

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Feb 13, 2008 9:50 AM, Mohamed Imran K R <mohamed.imran at au-kbc.org> wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 2008 5:48 AM, Mohamed Imran K R <mohamed.imran at au-kbc.org> wrote:
> >
> >> i also tried to create a initrd image and then edited menu.lst but to no
> >> avail..
> >> also tried using kxec to load the new kernel but no luck
> >>
> >
> > Do didn't seem to create an initrd (initramfs now) which you will need
> > if you are using debian's default config last I checked. The reason is
> > that you otherwise your kernel won't know how to detect your
> > filesystem type and perhaps even the IDE drivers. Your option is to
> > just change the kernel config by enabling *in-kernel* both IDE drivers
> > and ext3 support.
> >
> >
> i did create an initrd image with update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.24 and got
> the initrd image and also changed the menu.lst with an initrd entry in
> my 2.6.24 listing...
> it doesnot work...anyways i will also try to use the in-kernel
> compilation of ide and ext3 modules..
> Thanks for the reply

BTW, so your goal seems to be to get 802.11s going from
www.open11s.org work. I haven't yet checked their patches and their
site does not seem to be up so I cannot test myself. Do they support
MadWifi ? As far as Linux wireless upstream is concerned, it seems the
most committed developer so far for adding 802.11s onto mac80211 is
the cozybit guys so I'd recommend to check their patches out [1].
Right now only patches for mac80211 and zd1211rw are available but it
would be nice to eventually add this support to ath5k. Their patches
are fairly recent so you can just use the Linux wireless compatibility
package [2] and apply them there and that would allow you to stick to
2.6.22 (which baseline.ndz has) and just compile mac80211 and other
drivers as separate modules. Mind you, cozybit's 802.11s patches are
still being reviewed, but I believe that work is what we might be
adopting.

[1] http://search.gmane.org/search.php?group=gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general&query=o11s
[2] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download

  Luis