DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: dsl with kernel headers and development libraries



Why not download all of the required extensions with whatever system you typically use with your wireless network and then burn them to a CD?
Quote (kingduct @ Jan. 09 2007,20:05)
As it is, getting the kernel source from an old version of knoppix isn't really a serious approach I don't think -- even if it works.  A download with all of the kernels and headers from the DSL mirrors might be good.  I used the headers dsl package, but it didn't seem to work right for me.


I think you may have misunderstood the suggestion here.

Download knoppix 3.4 from the web (its not a difficult find)  and compile the driver in the knoppix environment (which is complete enough to do this) once the drivers are built (.o files) copy them on to your usb stick or other DSL accessible media. Boot DSL & sudo insmod them straight in.

If you are used to making software then its an incredibly trivial procedure
I'm now keeping a knoppix 3.4 iso around for any drivers I happen to want

(the spca5xx driver took a bit more work as the actual driver code needed some tweaking, however if you driver is OK for the 2.4.26 kernel no problem)
Oh, that makes a lot more sense!  I will give it a try...yeah, if the compile works that would be a lot easier.
got it to work...using knoppix.  Now, I will search the boards to figure out how  to autoload the driver upon boot (I am using a standard hd-install).

Thanks.
Okay, I will contribute here a bit the info I learned.  

1st, it is in fact easy to compile stuff running knoppix as a livecd

2nd, there are two different drivers available for the adm8211 card.  The superior driver is open sourced and available from http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/adm8211/ and it works in DSL -- sometimes (note that the last version that works with kernel 2.4 is 20041111).  I got it to work on one computer, but not on another (when I insmoded it, I got failure errors).  thus I used the other driver:

The inferior driver is one made by the manufacturer.  It is no longer available from the manufacturer (whose website is now defunct), but you can find the driver on http://www.latinsud.com/adm8211/ and then make it.  This driver worked for me on the older computer I use DSL on and is the driver I will continue to use.  On my card, the green  light indicating a connection doesn't turn on...so I never actually know the status of my connection without pinging.

3.  I have a standard hd-install, which means that I can easily change config files.  I added the insmod command to /opt/bootlocal.sh and then it is loaded on bootup and since DSL automatically tries to connect to a local dhcp, it connects automatically (the wireless is the only network card this computer has, thus is eth0).

If anybody wants either of these drivers, I have them both compiled, but nowhere to post them...so respond to this post.
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