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diff --git a/network/madwifi-driver/README b/network/madwifi-driver/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1ce2d9bc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/madwifi-driver/README @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +madwifi - a Linux kernel device driver for Wireless LAN chipsets from Atheros. + +A wireless card compatibility matrix is available at: +http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility + +By default the script will build the madwifi kernel module for the currently +running kernel. If you would like to build the madwifi driver for a different +kernel version, two things are required: + 1) kernel source in /usr/src/linux-<version> + 2) run the script as: KERNELVERSION=<version> sh madwifi-driver.SlackBuild +In place of <version> use only the version, not the full path. The <version> +string from 1) and 2) must be identical. + Examples: KERNELVERSION=2.4.33.3 or KERNELVERSION=2.6.18 +The kernel module will then be installed to /lib/modules/<version>/.... +You may use this SlackBuild to build the madwifi module for as many *different* +kernels as you like and they can be installed alongside each other without +conflict. + +NOTE: MadWifi 0.9.2.1 and earlier do NOT compile against kernel 2.6.19 and + higher. MadWifi 0.9.3 will address this issue. SlackBuilds for + madwifi-tools and madwifi-driver will be updated when 0.9.3 is + released. + +Requirements: + +Kernel requirements: + Linux Kernel 2.4.23+ or 2.6.x series + Kernel source and headers of running kernel + + No module versioning support + option CONFIG_MODVERSIONS + Wireless Extensions support in kernel + v14+ required, v17+ recommended; option CONFIG_NET_RADIO + Sysctl support in kernel + option CONFIG_SYSCTL + Crypto API support in kernel + option CONFIG_CRYPTO + HMAC support + option CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC + AES support (for WPA networks) + option CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES + +Requirements for configuring the wireless card: + madwifi-tools -- suite of tools designed specifically for madwifi-supported cards + iwconfig -- part of "wireless-tools" package in /n for Slackware 11.0 + wpa_supplicant -- for WPA encrypted networks. + -- Available in /testing for Slackware 11.0 + +NOTE: You can place the SlackBuild and slack-desc.{tools,driver} files + in the same directory without conflicts, and then you only have to + keep one copy of the madwifi source code around... + |