Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:55178 "EHLO mail-ie0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756048Ab3HMAID (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:08:03 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id qd12so9376079ieb.14 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:08:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <520975D8.8040908@lwfinger.net> References: <520968B0.80301@lwfinger.net> <520971BA.6040503@lwfinger.net> <520975D8.8040908@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:08:02 -0700 Message-ID: (sfid-20130813_020808_279997_0BDB803C) Subject: Re: issues with RTL8188CE device and rtl8192ce driver From: Colleen Josephson To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: After making the bultins into modules, the compat drivers are loaded and used. Unfortunately, the same symptoms as my original e-mail persist, with repeated deauthentication (reason=3). I am using backports-3.11-rc3-1 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 08/12/2013 06:44 PM, Colleen Josephson wrote: >>> >>> If you install the baclports drivers, they will replace the standard >>> ones. >> >> >> Even for drivers built into my kernel (not as modules?). Just making >> sure, as I seem to have encountered a problem: >> >> After installing the backports version of rtl8192ce and rebooting, >> wlan0 is not longer showing up when I run "ifconfig". >> >> lsmod shows compat and rtl8192c_common, but not rtl8192ce. If I try >> 'modprobe rtl8192ce' I get this error: "Unknown symbol in module, or >> unknown parameter (see dmesg)" >> >> dmesg shows "rtlwifi: Unknown symbol mac80211_ieee80211_rx (err 0)" > > > I'm not sure, but I would expect you need the standard ones to be modules. I > always build all wireless devices as modules. That way when one goes bad, > you have a chance to recover with an unload/load sequence with modprobe. If > it works, you save a reboot. > > I am assuming that you built mac80211 from the backported source. That is > required. > > Larry > > > > -- Colleen Josephson http://www.cjosephson.net Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology