Re: [Madwifi-users] Older version of Madwifi modified driver - More information

[Michael R. <mre...@ma...>]

Hi.

> It's a software, which has also a madwifi driver, a modified one, in
> order to accept user level application ioctls.
>    I really need to use it, but I didn't manage to compile it. I mean when
> I write: "make", I obtained that warning of undefined:
>
>       WARNING: "ieee80211_chan2mode"
> [/home/robert/Scan/client_syncscan/madwifi/driver/ath_pci
> .ko] undefined!

Hmm... that doesn't look like an issue caused by the kernel version you
have. Unless, maybe, you have tried to patch the modified version of
MadWifi into the Linux kernel rather than compiling it as an external
module.

>     $Id: if_ath.c v 1.140 2004/05/22 00:38:32 samleffler Exp$

That's a pretty old checkout of the CVS.

>    I have no idea what I can to do, or what kind of kernel or linux
> version to try it.

Well, I fear we won't be able to support you here. The codebase that once
was kept in the CVS is now in our Subversion repository in the madwifi-old
branch, which is deprecated and not actively supported. In addition, at
least I have no idea about the nature of the synscan modifications.

Right now I see three options for you (which does not mean that there are
no other options... honestly, I'm lacking some coffee):

 1. Contact the authors of the synscan modifications and ask them for help.

 2. Try to port the modifications to a current MadWifi version. This might
be pretty hard task, as the codebase has changed significantly since the
last two, three years.

 3. Try to find out if you really need to work with that modifications.
Maybe the latest release of MadWifi provides the stuff you need. If you
describe what your planned application does someone in here might be able
to help you with your investigations.

Bye, Mike