Примечания к выпуску для Cisco Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapter
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Release Notes for Cisco Aironet Client Adapter Drivers, Version 1.5.2 for Linux
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Upgrading to a New Driver Release
Step 5
After an explanation appears on patching the kernel source, press Enter. The driver is now in place to
be compiled, and the kernel source is patched.
be compiled, and the kernel source is patched.
Caution
You should be using the kernel source as installed from RedHat’s CD-ROM. If the kernel
is already in the patched state or has been modified, the patching process will fail. If,
however, the only change to the kernel is that it has used the Cisco Aironet patch previously,
you can successfully complete the procedure by pressing Enter twice at each series of
prompts to skip the patch.
is already in the patched state or has been modified, the patching process will fail. If,
however, the only change to the kernel is that it has used the Cisco Aironet patch previously,
you can successfully complete the procedure by pressing Enter twice at each series of
prompts to skip the patch.
Note
You may want to open another session so you can refer to the instructions on the
screen.
screen.
Step 6
Type cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.2 and press Enter.
Step 7
Type make menuconfig and press Enter.
Step 8
In the menuconfig window, scroll down to Network device support and press Enter.
Step 9
Scroll down to Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) and press Enter.
Step 10
Scroll down to Cisco/Aironet 340/350. . . and type M. (M indicates to make it as a module.)
Step 11
Type E to exit.
Step 12
Scroll down to PCMCIA network device support and press Enter.
Step 13
Scroll down to Cisco/Aironet 340/350. . . and type M.
Step 14
Continue to select Exit and press Enter until the following message appears: “Do you wish to save
your new kernel configuration?”
your new kernel configuration?”
Step 15
Select Yes and press Enter.
Step 16
Type dep ; make modules ; make modules_install. The driver and client utilities are now installed.
Step 17
Insert your PC card or PCI client adapter into the computer.
Step 18
If you have a PCI client adapter, perform one of the following:
•
If you have a distribution of Linux that uses linuxconf, such as RedHat, use this utility to assign the
driver to the PCI client adapter.
driver to the PCI client adapter.
•
If your distribution does not use linuxconf, manually edit one startup file to insert insmod airo.o to
load the driver.
load the driver.
Note
Follow the recommendations of your distribution regarding which startup file
to modify and where to insert the command.
to modify and where to insert the command.
Step 19
Go to the “Additional Procedures” section on page 7 to see if you need to perform any other procedures
before using your client adapter.
before using your client adapter.