Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f202.google.com ([209.85.210.202]:51241 "EHLO mail-yx0-f202.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753974AbZGUX0Z convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:26:25 -0400 Received: by yxe40 with SMTP id 40so859375yxe.33 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:26:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890907201247x7df76b75wf6ba2bc2260dbf7a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A612514.4050708@redfish-solutions.com> <4A635E04.4050204@redfish-solutions.com> <20090719203150.GA9972@hash.localnet> <4A63DF0B.4010801@redfish-solutions.com> <20090720115244.GC9972@hash.localnet> <4A64C283.6090205@redfish-solutions.com> <43e72e890907201247x7df76b75wf6ba2bc2260dbf7a@mail.gmail.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:26:05 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890907211626y5d4dff08m2c10669636d00044@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Using compat-wireless w/ 2.6.27.26 To: "Philip A. Prindeville" Cc: Bob Copeland , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Philip A. > Prindeville wrote: >> 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. > > I have to fix this, will do so in a bit, will also update it to > account for the new rc3. Updated: http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.31/compat-wireless-2.6.31-rc3.tar.bz2 Luis