Return-path: Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:37558 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758045AbYBPAW4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:22:56 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:52 +0800 From: Herbert Xu To: Adam Turk Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.25-rc1 and no /dev/rt73usb Message-ID: <20080216002252.GD19209@gondor.apana.org.au> (sfid-20080216_002300_349716_AE82488A) References: <20080215050358.GA10363@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0500, Adam Turk wrote: > > > You need to enable KMOD. Otherwise you must manually preload > > the relevant modules. > > I thought that was what udev was for? Anyway I recompiled with KMOD enabled and I have partial success. I nolonger get any errors when I plug in my wireless card. No udev provides auto-loading for device drivers of e.g., PCI devices. KMOD loads things like network protocols or crypto algorithms that are not device-backed. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt