From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.redfish-solutions.com ([66.232.79.143]:43046 "EHLO mail.redfish-solutions.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751629AbZGTTQy (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:16:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4A64C283.6090205@redfish-solutions.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:16:19 -0700 From: "Philip A. Prindeville" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Copeland CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Using compat-wireless w/ 2.6.27.26 References: <4A612514.4050708@redfish-solutions.com> <4A635E04.4050204@redfish-solutions.com> <20090719203150.GA9972@hash.localnet> <4A63DF0B.4010801@redfish-solutions.com> <20090720115244.GC9972@hash.localnet> In-Reply-To: <20090720115244.GC9972@hash.localnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Bob Copeland wrote: > 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. > I'm using the tarball out of: http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30 perhaps I should be using a different one? I tried 2.6.31-rc1, but it doesn't build against 2.6.27. -Philip