confused about orinoco driver versions -- need help

[Andreas Heinemann]

Hello,

I just got the 2.4.19 linux kernel sources from www.kernel.org.
Building the kernel works.

Then I wanted to compile the wireless extenstions, version 25. I 
downloaded it from

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/contrib/wireless_tools.25.tar.gz

Compiling, i got the following warnings:
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gcc -O2 -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes      -fPIC -c -o iwlib.so iwlib.c
iwlib.c:40:2: warning: #warning "Wireless Extension earlier than v15 
detected,"
iwlib.c:41:2: warning: #warning "Not all tools features will be compiled 
in !"
iwlib.c:42:2: warning: #warning "No worry, I'll try to make the best of 
it ;-)"
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my question is, what do i have to do, to get all tools features 
compiled. I think i need to update the driver, because somehow the 
driver and the tools have to be in 'development' sync.

looking through the sources i found in

/usr/src/linux/include/linux/wireless.h


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/***************************** VERSION *****************************/
/*
  * This constant is used to know the availability of the wireless
  * extensions and to know which version of wireless extensions it is
  * (there is some stuff that will be added in the future...)
  * I just plan to increment with each new version.
  */
#define WIRELESS_EXT    13

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i don't thing, that it is save, just to increase this number.

looking at the orinoco driver coming with the kernel, i found out, that
the version shipped is 0.11b. (compare 
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c )

this is different to the information i found at the following webside:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html#Orinoco


there it is said, that the version 0.12b is the current version:


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Driver status :
somewhat stable

Driver name :
Pcmcia : orinoco_cs.o
PLX : orinoco_plx.o
PCI : orinoco_pci.o

Version :
v0.12b (most stable versions are v0.08b and v0.09b)

Where :
Linux kernel (2.4.19)
Pcmcia package (3.1.34)
http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson/dldwd

Maintainers:
David Gibson <hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au>

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well and at http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson/dldwd you could also
find version 0.13, 0.13a, 0.13beta1.


therefore, does anybody know, what is the right orinoco driver to get 
the wireless extensions, version 25, compile without the warning. and
do i have to patch the kernel sources??

any comments are appreciated.
thanks,
andreas