[gobolinux-users] wlan settings with kernel

[Jonas Karlsson]

On 03/04/2008, Daniele Maccari <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/4/3, Jonas Karlsson <jonka750 at student.liu.se>:
> >
> > On 03/04/2008, João Felipe Santos <joao.eel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The 2.6.24 kernels have the option to get iwlwifi modules built-in when you
> > > compile them. This is a default option when you use Compile to update the
> > > kernel.
> > >
> >
> > But 014.01 has linux 2.6.24.4 with iwl3945 and iwl4965 as modules, so why
> > do you need to rebuild the kernel?
> >
> Maybe he wanted to compile it directly into the kernel :D
>
You don't want to do that. I have had problems with loading the firmware for
drivers when the drivers was built-in and not built as modules. I don't know
how current Udev and firmware loader handles that though.

-- 
/Jonas