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[Adam McDaniel <adam@xxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds like you're missing a dependency or something, but this is
irrelevant anyway because a newer madwifi module is already available...
If you need to rebuild madwifi, use the version from SVN branch:
http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

** Changed in: ubuntu-eee
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Problem compiling a driver with eee kernel
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223674
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Status in Ubuntu Eee: Incomplete

Bug description:
I have installed the ubuntu eee kernel (linux-image-2.6.24-2) and i have a severall problems to install the last madwifi driver madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007. This driver is important for we because with this the  AR242x 802.11abg can be put in monitor mode... This is the error.

root@Nietzsche:~/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007# make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-2-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/lomu/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-2-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/lomu/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007/ath/if_ath.o
scripts/basic/fixdep: 4: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
make[3]: *** [/home/lomu/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007/ath/if_ath.o] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/home/lomu/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007/ath] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/lomu/EEE/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-2-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2