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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: andrewy on January 12, 2006, 10:01:45 pm

Title: How To Patch And Flash Kernel?
Post by: andrewy on January 12, 2006, 10:01:45 pm

I would like to get WPA support working for my sl-5500, I have a Netgear MA701, which I believe has a prism 2 chipset.
The topic https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2180&hl=wpa (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2180&hl=wpa) says that I need to patch and flash the kernel. How do I do that on a zaurus? Maybe there's a howto that someone can point me to? I've searched the forums but didn't find anything.

If it was a desktop pc I wouldn't have any problem, but I have no idea where to get the correct patched Zaurus kernel, how to compile the kernel (I thought there was no gcc on the zaurus??) or how to install/flash the new kernel once it's compiled.

Thanks in advance

Title: How To Patch And Flash Kernel?
Post by: Hrw on January 13, 2006, 03:56:19 am

You rather need more up-to-date prism2 drivers (hostap). Switch to OpenZaurus and you will get it out-of-box

If your card has firmware older then 1.7.4 then it may require update.

Title: How To Patch And Flash Kernel?
Post by: andrewy on January 13, 2006, 07:25:02 am

ok, that's what I was afraid of. Guess I need to get a CF card to perform the upgrades, as I only have SD.