Return-path: Received: from viefep25-int.chello.at ([62.179.121.45]:57807 "EHLO viefep25-int.chello.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753021AbZEQLI7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 May 2009 07:08:59 -0400 Received: from edge04.upc.biz ([192.168.13.239]) by viefep15-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090517105102.SMFU28817.viefep15-int.chello.at@edge04.upc.biz> for ; Sun, 17 May 2009 12:51:02 +0200 Message-ID: <4A0FEC03.9090803@centrum.cz> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 12:50:43 +0200 From: trencan MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: rt2x00 - wireless compat - can not load compiled rt61pci Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, I use latest Mandriva distribution 2009.1 with kernel 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb. I have rt2561 wifi card in my PC. I would like to switch my wifi card to AP or Ad-hoc mode. My distribution's rt61pci module doesn't support these modes. So I have downloaded compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2 . I ran: make make install make unload Everything fine. But then "modprobe rt61pci" loaded my distribution's rt61pci module and not the compiled one. Distribution's one is in folder: [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11279 2009-04-21 01:13 /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz Compiled one is in folder: [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123843 2009-05-16 23:21 /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz But after I type "modprobe rt61pci", then: [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# modinfo rt61pci filename: /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz license: GPL firmware: rt2661.bin firmware: rt2561s.bin firmware: rt2561.bin description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver. version: 2.2.3 author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com srcversion: E8C0D3A4B7F36984638CEDF alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6,crc-itu-t vermagic: 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool) So you can see that Distribution's module (in kernel folder) was loaded. I think root cause of problem is that run of command: "depmod -ae" finds first rt61pci in kernel's folder and then next instance in updates folder is not considered. If I look at output of depmod command: [root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# grep -i rt61pci /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/modules.dep kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz: kernel/lib/crc-itu-t.ko.gz kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.gz kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko.gz kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko.gz So you may see that rt61pci in /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/ folder is not considered. Please, how can I workaround this? Or what do I wrong? One solution can be to install all compat-wireless modules into kernel folder instead of updates folder. But then distribution's ones will be overwritten and un-installation will be impossible. Thanks. Michal