Re[2]: 2.6.25 kernel & compat-wireless-2009-09-14

[Nikolai ZHUBR <zhubr@mail.ru>]

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 2:54:28 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> device_add in 2.6.25.20 wants some bus_id, but bus_id seems to not
>> be assigned anymore, so device_add fails. Therefore, wiphy_register
>> fails, and then clearly ieee80211_register_hw fails too.
>>
>> Any ideas how to properly fix this?

> FIgure out what the bus_id is used for first.

Hmm, don't know, but the following helps and wlan0 appears:

--- everything.orig/net/wireless/core.c 2009-09-16 23:45:40.000000000 +0400
+++ everything/net/wireless/core.c      2009-09-16 23:48:22.000000000 +0400
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@
 
        /* give it a proper name */
        dev_set_name(&rdev->wiphy.dev, PHY_NAME "%d", rdev->wiphy_idx);
+       snprintf(rdev->wiphy.dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, PHY_NAME "%d", rdev->wiphy_idx);
 
        mutex_init(&rdev->mtx);
        mutex_init(&rdev->devlist_mtx);


>   Luis