Stable compat-wireless releases

This page is dedicated to the stable kernel compat-wireless releases. This started with the announcement of work for 2.6.30-rc series and will continue for all stable kernels releases. These stable releases are intended for users looking for more stability than what bleeding edge compat-wireless releases provide.

Case for support

Wireless vendors are encouraged to use these releases for support purposes as no extra tree needs to be created and supported. Stable fixes must always be sent upstream as well. This ensures wireless vendors are testing with stable kernels and helping stabilize the kernels further.

Releases

Kernel	respective compat-wireless stable release
2.6.30-rc1	http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc1.tar.bz2

Building and installing

make
sudo make install
unload

Loading

To load the new shiny drivers either reboot or just modprobe the module you want. To test whether or not the new drivers are being picked up you can use modprobe -l as follows, for example:

modprobe -l cfg80211
modprobe -l mac80211
modprobe -l ath
modprobe -l ath9k

Patches

If you find a bug, please ensure you are on the latest kernel for that series. If unsure you can ask on the linux-wireless mailing list. If you are sure its a fix you can send the patches to:

To: stable@kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org