APPLIED: [Oneiric][SRU][LBM][PATCH 0/1] Enable iwlwifi for compat-wireless-3.2

[Tim Gardner]

On 02/01/2012 09:56 AM, leann.ogasawara at canonical.com wrote:
> From: Leann Ogasawara<leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923900
>
> === Oneiric SRU Justification ===
> Per bug 918351 we provided the v3.2 compat-wireless stack via LBM for
> Oneiric. Unfortunately the iwlwifi drivers were not enabled. This is due
> to the fact that in v3.2 iwlagn was renamed to iwlwifi and the
> corresponding config names were also updated to reflect this re-name,
> ie:
>
>    commit 3c607d27c818cf4a5d28f2c73b18a88f8fbdfa33
>    Author: Don Fry<email address hidden>
>    Date: Fri Sep 30 11:40:20 2011 -0700
>
>      iwlagn: rename iwlagn module iwlwifi and alias to iwlagn.
>
>      Rename the iwlagn module as iwlwifi in preparation for future
>      changes. Add an alias to iwlagn for backward compatibility.
>
> As a result, the v3.2 compat-wirless stack enables iwlwifi if
> CONFIG_IWLWIFI. However, because CONFIG_IWLWIFI does not exist for
> Oneiric, the v3.2 compat-wireless version of iwlwifi was/is never built.
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI) += iwlwifi.o
> etc...
>
> == Fix ==
> Modify the v3.2 compat-wireless Makefile to be dependent on
> CONFIG_IWLAGN instead of CONFIG_IWLWIFI to build iwlwifi.
>
> ==Test Case==
> Install linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 for Oneiric and confirm that
> without the fix applied, the updated cw-3.2 iwlwifi driver is
> unavailable. With the patch applied, it is.
>
> I would also like to add there is positive test confirmation in the bug
> report that this patch resolves the issue.  I would also like to add
> that there is no risk of regression as LBM is an elective install.
>
> Leann Ogasawara (1):
>    UBUNTU: Enable iwlwifi for compat-wireless-3.2
>
>   updates/cw-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile       |    2 +-
>   .../cw-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile   |    2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>


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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com