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[sid] what package for iwl4965 and mac80211 kernel modules

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Mihamina Rakotomandimby

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Aug 15, 2007, 3:10:06 PM8/15/07
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Hi,
I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and
its deps.
I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in
France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the
module is unknown.
I am running the Sid 2.6.22 kernel, on amd64 arch.

What tips can you give me?
I dont want to "make; make install", just use debian packaged software.

Thank you.


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Kelly Clowers

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Aug 15, 2007, 4:10:10 PM8/15/07
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On 8/15/07, Mihamina Rakotomandimby

<mhamina.rak...@etu.univ-orleans.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
> I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and
> its deps.
> I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in
> France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the
> module is unknown.
> I am running the Sid 2.6.22 kernel, on amd64 arch.
>
> What tips can you give me?
> I dont want to "make; make install", just use debian packaged software.


The one relevant package for 4965 seems to be "firmware-iwlwifi"
(from non-free). With linux-image-2.6.22-1-k7, I can "modprobe mac80211".
It looks like maybe the iwl4965 driver is not in the mainline kernel and does
not have a debian package at this time.

http://intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?n=Downloads does not list a
package for debian. You may have to compile it or wait a while.


Cheers,
Kelly

Mihamina Rakotomandimby

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Aug 15, 2007, 5:30:10 PM8/15/07
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On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:08 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and
> > its deps.
> > I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in
> > France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the
> > module is unknown.
> > I am running the Sid 2.6.22 kernel, on amd64 arch.

> The one relevant package for 4965 seems to be "firmware-iwlwifi"
> (from non-free).

I got it, found with "apt-cache search".

> With linux-image-2.6.22-1-k7, I can "modprobe mac80211".
> It looks like maybe the iwl4965 driver is not in the mainline kernel and does
> not have a debian package at this time.

Let's hope some devs will port it soon from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=iwl4965.ko&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=gutsy&arch=amd64

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