kernel make error in if_wi.o

lucas reddinger lucasreddinger at gmail.com
Fri Jan 7 01:20:46 PST 2005


in other words, 5.x has a generic 802.11b driver called wlan(4) that
contains common infrastructure among the many wireless drivers. that's
what i get for just switching from 4.x (i don't believe there was such
a thing).

thanks for the help.

lucas reddinger


On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:25:22 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:53:31PM -0700, lucas reddinger wrote:
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=101558914511003&w=2
> >
> > I see the same problem in that post, however it was unanswered. I
> > installed 5.3-R with 5.3-R kernel sources. During a make in
> > /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/PASSION:
> >
> > if_wi.o(.text+0x4150): In function `wi_set_cfg':
> > : undefined reference to `ieee80211_cfgset'
> > if_wi.o(.text+0x4e02): In function `wi_newstate':
> > : undefined reference to `ieee80211_state_name'
> > if_wi.o(.text+0x52c8): In function `wi_dump_pkt':
> > : undefined reference to `ieee80211_dump_pkt'
> 
> Your kernel is missing something mandatory.  Go back to GENERIC or
> compare it to find out what you omitted.
> 
> Kris
> 
>


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