Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f174.google.com ([209.85.223.174]:46004 "EHLO mail-ie0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754035Ab2KNTsg (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:48:36 -0500 Received: by mail-ie0-f174.google.com with SMTP id k13so1142218iea.19 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:48:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:48:36 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20121114_204840_798519_D556770A) Subject: Re: compat-drivers 3.7-rc1: cfg80211 fails to load on 3.0.0-26-generic-pae [AV#3438] From: =?UTF-8?B?T3phbiDDh2HEn2xheWFu?= Cc: backports@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Chris Wilson wrote: > Dear developers, > > I'm trying to use compat-drivers to gain support for the Intel Centrino > Wireless-N (iwlwifi driver) on the Ubuntu Oneiric kernel backported to Lucid > (3.0.0-26-generic-pae). The driver compiles but fails to install, with the > following error: > > [ 578.661869] Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-v3.7-rc1-6 > [ 578.661879] Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.7-rc1 > [ 578.661885] compat.git: linux-stable.git > [ 578.664089] cfg80211: Unknown symbol simple_open (err 0) > Are you sure that you installed the modules correctly on your system? simple_open() is a new symbol that should normally be provided by the compat layer (compat.ko). Do you have any undefined symbol warnings at the end of the building process?