Hi I'd like to run a test provided by a kernel developer (diff/patch file for a single .c file in ath9k module) [1] How do I do that? I tried these steps (following [2] though the module is not out of tree): 1. installed kernel-devel package 2. got a git pull on Linus' kernel git from [3] 3. rebased the kernel to v3.11 (the one I use) 4. cd'ed to drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ 5. applied the changes from [1] 6. ran $ make -C /lib/modules/3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64/build/ M=`pwd` modules (compiled successfully) 7. ran $ sudo make -C /lib/modules/3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64/build/ M=`pwd` modules_install output (I don't really understand that) ~~~~~ make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64' INSTALL /home/christian/src/KERNEL/linux/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko Can't read private key INSTALL /home/christian/src/KERNEL/linux/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko Can't read private key INSTALL /home/christian/src/KERNEL/linux/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko Can't read private key INSTALL /home/christian/src/KERNEL/linux/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko Can't read private key DEPMOD 3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64 make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64' ~~~~~ 8. ran (with output) # modprobe -r ath9k_htc rmmod ath9k_htc rmmod mac80211 rmmod ath9k_common rmmod ath9k_hw rmmod ath rmmod cfg80211 and made sure that # lsmod | grep ath9k listed no more modules 9. loaded cfg80211 and ath using modprobe (ath9k module requires them) # modprobe cfg80211 # modprobe ath # modprobe mac80211 10. tried to load newly built ath9k modules (from /usr/lib/modules/3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64/extra where the *.ko files were installed to in step 7. ) # modprobe -a ./ath9k* builtin ./ath9k_common.ko builtin ./ath9k_htc.ko builtin ./ath9k_hw.ko builtin ./ath9k.ko This looks very strange to me. I tried to manually insert those modules using insmod (according to the dependencies listet in $ modinfo). # insmod ./ath9k_hw.ko # insmod ./ath9k_common.ko and so on worked fine. Did I do it right? Is 10. a bug? regards Chris [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61111 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules_.28Out_Of_Tree_Modules.29 Additional info: $ uname -a Linux chstpc-2 3.11.9-300.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 20 22:23:25 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux before changing anything: $ lsmod | grep ath ath9k_htc 65868 0 ath9k_common 13503 1 ath9k_htc ath9k_hw 439078 2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc ath 23142 3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw mac80211 564847 1 ath9k_htc cfg80211 460310 3 ath,mac80211,ath9k_htc
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