installing 2.6.24 kernel and wifi drivers on Ubuntu

some platform details first :

laptop : HP compaq nx 7400
Linux Distro : Ubuntu Gutsy Gibson (7.10)
Linux Kernel : 2.6.24
Wifi Card : Intel Pro wireless 3945 card

I compiled the kernel and created a kernel debian package using 'make-kpkg' , the list of commands i used are the following :

cd [kernel source directory]
make gconfig
make-kpkg --initrd binary

after the execution of the above commands is done , the debian packages for the kernel image, the headers, the documentation and the source are created in the parent directory of the linux kernel source directory . And after that it is simple installation to get the kernel working, ... but when i tried to compile and install the ipw3945 drivers from the source code, i had some really tough time, ......
later found out from a little googling that the wifi drivers to be used with the kernels version >=2.6.22 are the iwl3945 driver packages and not the ipw3945, ....... th iwl3945 drivers can be configured to be compiled into the kernel , check somewhere in the device drivers-->wireless-->iwlwifi section when you do a make gconfig, ......
but i had missed that out , now i had two options , recompile the kernel with the drivers supported or compile and install the drivers from the source code , well for the inherent lazyness i chose the second option , .... the set of wireless drivers included in the linux kernel are there for download at the following url , just download them and do a make and a make install, ....
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download

now my wifi card works well, .... and to say the least ubuntu is awesome, i am gonna try out kernel version 2.6.24.4 today , quite excited i am as always !!!

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