Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:44:06 +0200 | From | "J.A. Magallón" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.27-git3: rtl8169 oops and wireless missing symbols |
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:24:33 -0400, "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. > > > cfg80211: Unknown parameter `ieee80211_regdom' > > config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY > bool "Old wireless static regulatory definitions" ... > > Is this not clear enough? >
NO.
I'm a complete literate in wireles internals. Not in other areas. And I don't undestand a word about regulations and so on. The only thing I see there is 'OLD WAY of doing things', so I disable it. I expect two things:
- As it is an optional thing I can toggle, no driver depends on it. - If I choose a driver that depends on it, it will get automagically selected.
So, please, if migration is not finished:
- Default it as Y, or add a depend on every driver that uses it - Hide it under the famous 'crazy hacker-only things' boolean
It is enough to have to choose between mac80211 and ieee80211.
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