[Prism54-users] Prism54 on SMC2802 PCI card

[Bob Farmer]

First and foremost, you'll note that the prism54 documentation clearly 
says that it requires a 2.4.23+ kernel (2.4.25+ in the newer versions of 
prism54).  Red Hat 9 is a fairly outdated OS these days, and there are 
no newer kernel RPMs available for it.  If you are capable of manually 
upgrading your kernel, do it.  Otherwise, try a newer distro, perhaps 
Fedora Core 2 would be a good choice.  It may even have builtin prism54 
support, since it does use the 2.6 kernel...not sure (does anyone know?)

Bob


Simoneau, Mario wrote:
> I'm using Red Hat Linux 9 distribution and I want to install the SMC2802W
> wireless PCI card. I unpacked the latest tarball
> (prism54-cvs-latest.tar.bz2) and tried to compile (following the README
> instructions). I had to get the "kernel-source-2.4.20-8.i386.rpm" from
> "redhat.com" (cause I had the 2-disk release...).
> 
> When compiling the tarball with "make KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 clean
> modules" I have a missing file "linux/firmware.h"... error.
> 
> I tried to copy a "firmware.h" file from another kernel source tree that I
> have. The same compilation leads to the following error: "Firmware Loading
> is not configured in the kernel!"
> 
> I tried to activate "Library routines---> Hotplug firmware loading support"
> using the "make menuconfig" command....but it cannot be set (pressing
> "enter" on the "Library routines" line doesn't change anything).
> 
> What do I do next??? Is there a patch to install in order to have the
> "firmware" services??? Should I use another "kernel-source" RPM.??? Is there
> another way to make the card work???
> 
> Thanks for any useful info...
> 
> Mario
> 
> 
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