Package: ipw2100-source Version: 1.1.3-1 Severity: important Hello,
cc:ing to the ipw2100 mailing-list as it's a *big* problem. On Debian stock kernel 2.6.14-1-686 (which includes ieee80211 and ipw2100 compiled as modules), ipw2100-1.1.3 can be compiled as an external module via module-assistant (log included) and is installable with patch at bug #337920. But it cannot be inserted and dmesg returns this error: ===== ipw2100: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext ipw2100: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext ===== In fact, the module-assisant buildlog shows that as a warning: ===== *** Warning: "ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext" \ [/home/luca/src/modules/ipw2100/driver/ipw2100.ko] undefined! *** Warning: "ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext" \ [/home/luca/src/modules/ipw2100/driver/ipw2100.ko] undefined! ===== From the INSTALL file included in the ipw2100 original tarball: ===== 5. KERNEL REQUIREMENTS - Configuration ----------------------------------------------- [...] In addition, kernel versions 2.6.14 and later are providing *old* ieee80211 and ipw2100 1.0 drivers as part of the mainline tree. If these are compiled into your kernel (i.e. not as modules, but as built-in), you will need to re-configure (using n to exclude/disable ieee80211 and ipw2100) and rebuild your kernel before proceeding with your ipw2100 upgrade. See below. [...] NOTE: If ipw2100 is supported as a module (this would show up as #define CONFIG_IPW2100_MODULE 1), you do not need to rebuild your kernel, but you will need to remove the binary module and relevant include files (see UPGRADING FROM PRIOR VERSIONS, below). ===== AFAIK there's no solution to this problem: manually removing the binary modules provided by the Debian stock kernel _is_ not a solution for a general Debian user. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337920 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages ipw2100-source depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy ii debhelper 5.0.6 helper programs for debian/rules ii ieee80211-source 1.1.6-2 Source for the 802.11 (wireless) n ii module-assistant 0.9.10 tool to make module package creati ipw2100-source recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * ipw2100/firmware_note:
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