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From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless woes after upgrading kernel from kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gent
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:10:00
Message-Id: 342e1090603190504s1c941620g58e515d77cff4fb5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Wireless woes after upgrading kernel from kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gent by Richard Watson
1 On 3/19/06, Richard Watson <waty@×××××××××××.au> wrote:
2 > Hi - my original kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 runs wireless
3 > fine with ipw2200 and ipw2200-firmware. After upgrading to
4 > kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 I was experiencing conflicts as in
5
6 Well, it seems like a DOWNGRADE, isn't it? If that's the case and not
7 a typo, you may miss some features... If it is a typo, well, when I
8 upgraded from 2.6.15-r1 to 2.6.15-r5 I had a hard time making my eth
9 to work, had to get genkernel default config file and start again from
10 there, because a lot of conflicts, maybe you could try default
11 genkernel config...
12
13 > order to continue using these tools I had to disable the IEEE802.11
14 > subsystem and rebuild my kernel. I've tried very configuration I can
15 > think of (without success). Below is my latest effort can, anyone offer
16 > advice? Many thanks, Richard
17 >
18 > ------ Relevent /usr/src/linux/.config section --------
19 > #CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
20 > # CONFIG_HAMRADIO=y
21 >
22 > #
23 > # Packet Radio protocols
24 > #
25 > # CONFIG_AX25 is not set
26 > # CONFIG_IRDA is not set
27 > # CONFIG_BT is not set
28 > # CONFIG_IEEE80211 is not set
29 >
30 > ------- Result displayed by modprobe ipw2200 after emerging ipw2200
31 > ipw2200-firmware ---
32 > # modprobe ipw2200
33 > WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211
34 > (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Unknown
35 > symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
36 > FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200
37 > (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol
38 > in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
39 >
40 > ------- Output from dmesg ---
41 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
42 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
43 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
44 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
45 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
46 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
47 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
48 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
49 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
50 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
51 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
52 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
53 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
54 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
55 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
56 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
57 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
58 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
59 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
60 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
61 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
62 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
63 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
64 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
65 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
66 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
67 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
68 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
69 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
70 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
71 > mtrr: no more MTRRs available
72 > tg3: eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
73 > tg3: eth1: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
74 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
75 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
76 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
77 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
78 > ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
79 > ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
80 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
81 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
82 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
83 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
84 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
85 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
86 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
87 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
88 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
89 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
90 > ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
91 >
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