Bug 178638

Summary: latest stable modules ieee80211+ipw2200 fail modprobe under 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Wes <gt3457b>
Component: kernelAssignee: Dave Jones <davej>
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Wes 2006-01-22 22:22:14 UTC 
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Description of problem:
compiled drivers from source to get Intel 2915ABG to work:
lspci | grep 2915
04:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter (rev 05)

under 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 the newest ieee80211 and ipw2200 modules compile, load, and work.

under 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 modprobe of ieee80211 works but modprobe ipw2200 gives errors:

kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4, ipw2200-1.0.10, ieee80211-1.1.9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install fc4
2. yum update
3. download ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz from
http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/#downloads
remove-old
make && make install

4. download ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz from:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
remove-old

5. download firmware 2.4 from
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
extract to /lib/firmware

6. modprobe ieee80211
7. modprobe ipw2200
check dmesg for errors

Actual Results:  modprobe ipw2200 failed and errors cited above in dmesg output

Expected Results:  module ipw2200 loaded.

Additional info:

reboot back to base fc4 install and "Steps to Reproduce" works and the module is loaded.  then the card can be configured as eth1 and used.
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2006-01-24 06:28:42 UTC 
if you have problems in self-compiled modules, tell the people who made them.