Re: A problem loading ssb module

[Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>]

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Tim Gardner wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Tim Gardner
>> <tim.gardner@canonical.com> wrote:
>>> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>>> 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
>>> No, initramfs is not updated when LBM is installed. I think maybe its
>>> a bug
>>> that ssb is in the initramfs modules list since AFAIK its not a boot
>>> essential device. Even in the netboot case, ssb/b44 should be in a udeb.
>>
>> That would make life much easier.
>>
>>   Luis
>>
> 
> I'm looking at the Karmic initramfs-tools package and am not seeing
> _any_ reference to ssb or b44.
> 
Hi Tim,

I have decompressed initrd.img-2.6.31-11-generic from karmic and
initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic form jaunty. In both packages I found the
ssb.ko and b44.ko module.

Hauke


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