Re: A problem loading ssb module

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> 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