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ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-wireless devicesI have one of the Medion Laptops with the ZD1211B chip which appears in Vista as AR5007UG. From what I was told on #debian IRC it is one of the ones based on new radio chips. Do I need to upgrade to the 2.6.23 kernel or can I use a 2.6.22 kernel? More info here: http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2007/05/zd1211-back-in-production/#comments Thanks and great site. Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-wireless
You may as well use 2.6.23 unless there is some reason you want to avoid the newer kernel. The wireless drivers are in a state of flux as older drivers are converted to the DeviceScape IEEE802.11 stack, but the newer system is the one to go for.
ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-wireless devices Building a Kernel for...
In that case what is a good, complete reliable document about compiling a kernel the Debian way under Etch?
I find so much conflicting information on the net.
ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-wireless devices Building a Kernel for...
How to compile depends on whether you go for a 'vanilla' kernel from kernel.org or decide to use a source packaged by Debian (which may include patches from -mm, some packages purged because they're not 100% "free" according to Debian, etc).
For Debian sources, if you have an updated list for 'sid':
apt-cache search linux-source
In either case, you can build and install the kernel with some help from the Debian kernel packaging tools (apt-get install kernel-package). This is definitely recommended over building and hand-installing because it makes the dpkg system aware of what you've installed (and there are other small benefits as well).
If you need to pull in packages which are not part of the vanilla or Debian source, you may also want to install 'module-assistant'.
The "/boot/config-whatever" configuration file for your current kernel is usually a good start when configuring a new kernel - that way you don't spend 4+ hours configuring a kernel.
You would want to read the make-kpkg manual as well as any other information on building kernels from the official debian site (www.debian.org/docs).
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I just need to be careful when selecting modules to include sata_via
Re: ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-wireless
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