looking for a distro with CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y in kernel

mayoryin · 07-30-2009, 06:00 AM

hi, im clearly a linux newbie. ive an old thinkpad and am trying to get a prism 2 chipset wifi card to work. i calls for the hostap driver and that needs CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y in the kernel config. ive not had much luck in recompiling the kernel and was wondering if there was an older or small linux distro with CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y in its kernel by default?

thanks!

foodown · 07-30-2009, 11:17 PM

CONFIG_NET_RADIO is obsolete as of kernel 2.6. (It is part of the OLD wireless network drivers before the new API was introduced.)

You could configure a 2.4 kernel that way . . . no need for that, though.

The prism2 is supported I believe. (The Atheros driver . . .?) Most distributions' kernels should support it by default. If you know the make and model of the card, you can locate it in the LQ HCL: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php/cat/10