Compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 Download ⏰

git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/backports/backports.git Once downloaded, the typical build process is:

Title: Legacy Wireless Driver Compatibility Package – compat-wireless-3.6.8-1 compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 download

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v3.6.8/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 Note: Older releases may have been moved to the older/ directory on kernel.org. git clone https://git

tar -tjf compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 | head -10 md5sum compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 A valid tarball will extract a directory named compat-wireless-3.6.8-1/ containing Makefile , compat/ , drivers/ , etc. use the modern backports package instead:

This specific version (3.6.8-1) is based on the Linux 3.6.8 kernel drivers and is designed to backport those drivers to kernel versions as old as 2.6.24–2.6.32, depending on the specific driver.

For any current system (kernel 4.x+), use the modern backports package instead: