[OpenWrt-Users] full 2.6 kamikaze functionality on a WRTSL54GS?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, RB wrote:

> > >   i'm currently running white russian (0.9) on a linksys
> > > WRT54GL, just so i can have full wireless since, the last time i
> > > looked, wireless still wasn't supported on that unit with a 2.6
> > > kernel.  (maybe it's changed since then.)

> I'm pretty sure that's changed to fixed in TRUNK right now, but
> haven't tested it recently.  I do know that in 7.09 the wireless
> doesn't work on the 2.6 kernel series on the brcm47xx platform.

right, but you're suggesting that TRUNK might work at this point?
that's good to know, i might take a crack at that for the WRT54GL.

> > >   the openwrt hardware table claims that that unit supports only
> > > white russian right now, but i've seen reports from folks who
> > > claim to be running kamikaze, while others claim that they
> > > haven't yet got kamikaze working on it with a 2.6 kernel.

> Do remember that the Wiki is pretty rough right now - it's
> sufficiently broken that people can't create new accounts to log in
> and update/correct information.  I'd say the table is at least a few
> months old.
>
> > whoops, i should have mentioned a couple other things.  i'd also
> > like to verify that x-wrt works on this unit, but i'm also willing
> > to

> If OpenWRT works, X-WRT should as well; it just adds a web UI to it
> (additional .ipk).
>
> With a cursory glance over the specs, I can't initially see anything
> that would prevent you from running it on the GS.  That is, unless
> they've castrated later versions than 1.1 like they eventually did
> with the original WRT54G.

ok, that sounds promising.  and i can see the downloadable image
openwrt-wrtsl54gs-2.6-squashfs.bin in the kamikaze 7.09 directory, so
i guess i know where to start.  thanks.

rday
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