From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.deathmatch.net ([72.66.92.28]:4612 "EHLO mail.deathmatch.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751009AbZGTLxL (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:53:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:52:44 -0400 From: Bob Copeland To: "Philip A. Prindeville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Using compat-wireless w/ 2.6.27.26 Message-ID: <20090720115244.GC9972@hash.localnet> References: <4A612514.4050708@redfish-solutions.com> <4A635E04.4050204@redfish-solutions.com> <20090719203150.GA9972@hash.localnet> <4A63DF0B.4010801@redfish-solutions.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4A63DF0B.4010801@redfish-solutions.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:05:47PM -0700, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > Actually, it's saying: > > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27.26-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko > depends: mac80211,cfg80211 > > And the 0.6.0 version number matches ath5k/base.c in the compat-wireless > sources as well. Yeah, ignore the module version number, no one ever changes it. > Not seeing the dependency on "ath", which is strange. Is that common code > that's shared in 2.6.30 for the Atheros drivers? In 2.6.31, yes. > > The fix was merged after 2.6.30, IIRC, but it should definitely be in > > compat-wireless. Also check your modules directory for an old ath5k.ko > > sitting in drivers/.../wireless/ath5k. It should now be in ath/ath5k. See above, the fix was post-2.6.30, however compat-wireless should have it. The module should now be in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, not drivers/net/wireless/ath5k. -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com