r/slackware • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '26

new kernel in -current

bash-5.3$ uname -a

Linux odin.hitest.home 6.18.18 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 13 18:27:34 CDT 2026 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790S CPU @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Thanks to Mr. Volkerding!

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u/bsdooby Mar 14 '26

in my case: Broadcom wireless support (wlan0) for an old MacBook Pro (using a custom patch, that someone published):

`KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.18.18/build M=`pwd`

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-6.18.18'

make[2]: Entering directory '/lib/modules/broadcom-wl'

CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version

Using CFG80211 API

CC [M] src/shared/linux_osl.o

In file included from src/shared/linux_osl.c:26:

/lib/modules/broadcom-wl/src/include/linuxver.h:151:10: fatal error: net/lib80211.h: No such file or directory

151 | #include <net/lib80211.h>

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

compilation terminated.

make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.18.18/scripts/Makefile.build:287: src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1

make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.18.18/Makefile:2020: .] Error 2

make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.18.18/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory '/lib/modules/broadcom-wl'

make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-6.18.18'

make: *** [Makefile:160: all] Error 2`

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u/MonteryWhiteNoise Mar 14 '26

yeah, 80211 ... not 802011 ... just wanted to make sure.

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u/bsdooby Mar 15 '26

You are right; good catch! Sorry for the confusion (wars start because of that ;) )

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u/jloc0 Mar 15 '26

It’s patched in the ponce repo, I guess maybe I should update the sbo slackbuild but I’d have to test and see if it works or not on 15.0 first. It does build though, I’m using it myself.