For a project that I'm currently working on, I had to recompile the Linux kernel 4.4.0-148-generic under Ubuntu 14.04. For this purpose, I followed a guide that allows me to first create the kernel as a Debian package on a more powerful machine and then roll it out to the target platform.
This has worked so far without any problems. However, I need the kernel module wlan.ko, because it has to be given a parameter during the loading process. However, I can't find this kernel module on the target platform. The following commands did not yield a hit:
- lsmod | grep -i wlan
- modinfo wlan
- find /lib/modules/4.4.0-148-generic/ -name "*wlan*"
so that I'm conclulding that wlan.ko does not exist on my target platform.
I have already found a comparable post that deals with the missing kernel module wlan.ko. However, this post didn't help me so far. Another post is also asking about where to find the missing wlan.ko module. However, the given answer seems to be tied to another platform and didn't help me out.
For this reason, I would like to know if I missed an option in the kernel configuration using make menuconfig or if I can create the wlan.ko module differently?
Thank you in advance for your help!