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From: Richard Watson <waty@×××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [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 07:26:46
Message-Id: 441D067B.2060401@bigpond.net.au
1 Hi - my original kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 runs wireless
2 fine with ipw2200 and ipw2200-firmware. After upgrading to
3 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 I was experiencing conflicts as in
4 order to continue using these tools I had to disable the IEEE802.11
5 subsystem and rebuild my kernel. I've tried very configuration I can
6 think of (without success). Below is my latest effort can, anyone offer
7 advice? Many thanks, Richard
8
9 ------ Relevent /usr/src/linux/.config section --------
10 #CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
11 # CONFIG_HAMRADIO=y
12
13 #
14 # Packet Radio protocols
15 #
16 # CONFIG_AX25 is not set
17 # CONFIG_IRDA is not set
18 # CONFIG_BT is not set
19 # CONFIG_IEEE80211 is not set
20
21 ------- Result displayed by modprobe ipw2200 after emerging ipw2200
22 ipw2200-firmware ---
23 # modprobe ipw2200
24 WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211
25 (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Unknown
26 symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
27 FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200
28 (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol
29 in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
30
31 ------- Output from dmesg ---
32 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
33 ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
34 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
35 ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
36 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
37 ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
38 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
39 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
40 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
41 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
42 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
43 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
44 ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
45 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
46 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
47 ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
48 ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
49 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
50 ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
51 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
52 ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
53 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
54 ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
55 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
56 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
57 ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
58 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
59 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
60 ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
61 ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
62 mtrr: no more MTRRs available
63 tg3: eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
64 tg3: eth1: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
65 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
66 ieee80211: Unknown symbol per_cpu__softnet_data
67 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol free_netdev
68 ieee80211: Unknown symbol free_netdev
69 ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol netif_rx
70 ieee80211: Unknown symbol netif_rx
71 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
72 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
73 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
74 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
75 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
76 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
77 ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
78 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
79 ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
80 ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
81 ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
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