Your message dated Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:44:29 -0700 (PDT)
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and subject line Bug#353023: linux-image-2.6-686: hostap module overrides
network card driver
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Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.15-4
Severity: important
Since my last kernel upgrade (from 2.6.15-1 to 2.6.15-4, I believe), the hostap
kernel module seems to override the orinoco kernel module, so my wireless card
always comes up in ap mode. Once the hostap modules are started, it does not
seem possible to unload them to put the card back into a normal client mode
(rmmod/modprobe -r says the driver is in use and cannot be removed). So, it
seems I have to manually delete or rename the hostap module to prevent it from
being loaded, then reboot if I want to use my card as a client.
Is there a more elegant way to disable the hostap driver by default?
If not, could you please remove the hostap driver from the stock kernel and go
back to the "install the hostap-kernel-module package if you want hostap" way
of doing things?
Thanks!
-Paul
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6-686 depends on:
ii linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 2.6.15-4 Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on PPro/
linux-image-2.6-686 recommends no packages.
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Hi,
I don't really think it's a kernel bug. Both orinoco and hostap modules
are designed to work with the same hardware. As they both advertise
support for the card, the order in which udev will try loading the modules
is unpredictable, so the proper solution is to blacklist one of them. As
this fixes the problem for the original submitter, I'm closing this bug
report. Feel free to reopen it at any time if you feel that there's
something else which needs to be done.
Best regards,
Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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