Gmane
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?(fuji)=20Mike=20Shigueru=20Matsumoto?= <fuji_linux <at> yahoo.com.br>
Subject: problem compile madwifi kernel 2.6.8.1 and ath_pci.ko
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.drivers.madwifi.user
Date: 2004-08-16 19:22:29 GMT (4 years, 20 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes ago)
Hello everybody!

I try compile the last version the madwifi in kernel
2.6.8.1.

After install the patch

http://www.linuxtux.org/misc/madwifi-20040814-2.6.8_fix.diff

the make and make install works.

But, when I execute:

# modprobe wlan
or 
# modprobe ath_pci

I have:
WARNING: Error inserting wlan
(/lib/modules/2.6.8.1/net/wlan.ko): Unknown symbol in
module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci
(/lib/modules/2.6.8.1/net/ath_pci.ko): Unknown symbol
in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

In dmesg:
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_encap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifattach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_sysctl_register
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_update
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ether_sprintf
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifdetach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_free_node
ath_pci: Unknown symbol
ieee80211_notify_michael_failure
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dump_pkt
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_media_change
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_alloc
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_iterate_nodes
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_find_node
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_mhz2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_next_scan
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_media_init
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ioctl
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_media_status
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_announce
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_chan2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_state_name
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_encap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_chan2mode

My card wireless works well in kernel 2.6.7...
Now I'm use: 

 Slackware 10.0
 Kernel 2.6.8.1

# lspci
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications,
Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

Thank you for help

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Mike Shigueru Matsumoto (fuji)
Linux User: 251981
Analista e Desenvolvedor na Plataforma Linux
http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/fuji

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