<div dir="ltr">Hi Geoffrey,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:46 AM, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 11/25/2013 4:16 PM, Erez D wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">you can get the r820T version. on eithed <a href="http://dx.com" target="_blank">dx.com</a> or
ebay for around 13 usd.<br>
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Is it possible to install the kernel module from 3.11 on an older
kernel (say 3.8)? If so how, the last time<br>
I compiled a kernel module, I had to compile the entire kernel.<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>You can try backporting its source, but note that the Linux kernel does not<br>maintain backward-compatibility for internal kernel APIs (including those used<br>for writing drivers) between kernel versions, so it may a bit of work.<br>
<br>It is possible to build a kernel module standalone using some GNU make tricks,<br>maybe see:<br><br><a href="http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html">http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html</a><br><br>Or:<br><br><a href="https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/ip-noise/src/5283225de39338345cba5372607cc26d3766d1d5/C/ker_ipq/Makefile?at=default">https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/ip-noise/src/5283225de39338345cba5372607cc26d3766d1d5/C/ker_ipq/Makefile?at=default</a><br>
<br>(The latter was written by my partner and by me and may be out of date.)<br><br>Regards,<br><br> Shlomi Fish<br><br></div></div>-- <br>------------------------------------------<br>Shlomi Fish <a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/</a><br>
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