From: "J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@ono.com>
To: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27-git3: rtl8169 oops and wireless missing symbols
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:13:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081014031320.2dc80177@werewolf.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43e72e890810131723k227ff97bya17aee0d9a5da2b@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:23:57 -0700, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:24 PM, John W. Linville
> <linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 01:02:02AM +0200, J.A. Magallón wrote:
> >
> >> werewolf:~# modprobe ath5k
> >> WARNING: Error inserting cfg80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.27-jam03/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >> WARNING: Error inserting mac80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.27-jam03/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >> FATAL: Error inserting ath5k (/lib/modules/2.6.27-jam03/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >> werewolf:~# modprobe mac80211
> >> WARNING: Error inserting cfg80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.27-jam03/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >> FATAL: Error inserting mac80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.27-jam03/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >>
> >> Dmesg is below.
> >
> > cfg80211 isn't loading, so mac80211 can't find it's symbols, and
> > ath5k can't find mac80211's symbols.
>
> What symbols?
>
> sudo rmmod ath5k
> sudo dmesg -c > /dev/null
> sudo modprobe ath5k
> sudo dmesg -c
>
> >> cfg80211: Unknown parameter `ieee80211_regdom'
>
> Ahh this one.. this is the 2 character module parameter you can pass
> to cfg80211 upon load and this is available only when
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is enabled.
>
BTW, I have not set this anywhere and it defaults to JP, instead of the world
domain as the code reads...
I set it in modprobe.conf and now is EU:
options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU
--
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com> \ Software is like sex:
\ It's better when it's free
Mandriva Linux release 2009.0 (Cooker) for i586
Linux 2.6.25-jam18 (gcc 4.3.1 20080626 (GCC) #1 SMP
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-14 1:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-13 23:02 Linux 2.6.27-git3: rtl8169 oops and wireless missing symbols J.A. Magallón
2008-10-13 23:12 ` David Miller
2008-10-13 23:24 ` J.A. Magallón
2008-10-14 0:30 ` J.A. Magallón
2008-10-14 19:33 ` Francois Romieu
2008-10-14 20:03 ` J.A. Magallón
2008-10-14 23:39 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2008-10-13 23:24 ` John W. Linville
2008-10-13 23:44 ` J.A. Magallón
2008-10-14 16:59 ` John W. Linville
2008-10-14 0:23 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-14 1:13 ` J.A. Magallón [this message]
2008-10-17 20:41 ` Stefanik Gábor
2008-10-17 21:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
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