Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:32902 "EHLO mail-iw0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752591AbZIXShd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:37:33 -0400 Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so1146202iwn.33 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:37:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ABBBB8C.8080401@hauke-m.de> References: <1253811559.4579.44.camel@pc3.dido> <4ABBAB47.8040300@canonical.com> <4ABBBB8C.8080401@hauke-m.de> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:37:17 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890909241137o7e853edfxb9e159df34927d7b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: A problem loading ssb module To: Hauke Mehrtens , Tim Gardner Cc: Bryan Wu , Mauro Di Domenico , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > Bryan Wu wrote: >> Mauro Di Domenico wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I'm testing new b43 modules for my 14e4:4315 broadcom card. >>> I've compiled and installed compat-wireless-2009-09-16 in a debian >>> machine with kernel version 2.6.30-6. >>> >>> During the boot I experience this problem: >>> >>> $ dmesg|egrep "b43|ssb" >>> >>> [    2.384463] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, >>> low) -> IRQ 17 >>> [    2.384477] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 >>> [    2.544344] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device >>> 0000:06:00.0 >>> [    6.968981] b43: disagrees about version of symbol >>> ssb_device_is_enabled >>> [    6.968986] b43: Unknown symbol ssb_device_is_enabled >>> [    6.969280] b43: Unknown symbol ssb_pmu_set_ldo_paref >>> [    6.969407] b43: disagrees about version of symbol >>> ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable >>> [    6.969410] b43: Unknown symbol ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable >>> ..... >>> .... >>> ... >>> >> >> I faced the exactly same issue as Mauro did. +1 from me, but currently have >> no time to take a deeper look. >> >> Thanks > Hi, > > I had the same problem with the ssb module and compat-wireless in ubuntu > 9.04. The problem is that the ssb module is integrated into the > initramfs image. The version out of the initramfs image is loaded on > startup and not the version of compat-wireless. Running "sudo > update-initramfs -u" after installing compat-wireless and restaing the > system fixes the problem for me. Either Debian/Ubuntu should remove ssb > form default initramfs image or compat-wireless should update the image > with the install command. At least the compat-wireless documentation > needs an update. > > Hauke > > (adding Luis and linux-wireless list) Tim, do you guys update the initramfs upon installation of lbm? If a user does not use lbm and uses compat-wireless I suppose we need to do something similar. Luis