Re: 2.6.6-rc3-mm2

Andrew Morton
2004-05-06T15:13:30Z

Antonio Dolcetta <adolcetta@infracom.it> wrote:
>
> something has broken the b44 module,
> modprobe b44 fails with:
> FATAL: Error inserting b44 (/lib/modules/2.6.6-rc3-mm2/kernel/drivers/net/b44.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>
> dmesg contains the line:
> b44: Unknown symbol generic_mii_ioctl

Please config that your .config does not set CONFIG_MII?

25-akpm/drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN drivers/net/Kconfig~b44-needs-mii drivers/net/Kconfig
--- 25/drivers/net/Kconfig~b44-needs-mii 2004-05-06 08:12:07.298682840 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/net/Kconfig 2004-05-06 08:12:15.841384152 -0700
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ config APRICOT
config B44
tristate "Broadcom 4400 ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
+ select MII
help
If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

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