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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:11:33 -0700
From: "Henry Ptasinski" <henryp@broadcom.com>
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:54:28AM -0700, Thomas Novin wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I was going to test the brcm80211 driver to replace the wl driver on
> my gfs laptop to support a BCM4727 chip.
> 
> After doing scripts/driver-select, choosing that driver, make, make
> install, make unload and them modprobe brcm80211 I get this:

So you're using compat-wireless, correct?  What version of compat-wireless
and kernel?

After the "make unload", are cfg80211 and mac80211 actually unloaded?

> Jun 17 09:43:41 jennie-laptop kernel: [ 5418.241140] brcm80211: module
> is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been
> warned.
> Jun 17 09:43:41 jennie-laptop kernel: [ 5418.241989] brcm80211:
> disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_free_hw

You might have the original mac80211 loaded, not the updated one.

- Henry