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On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:28 AM, John W. Linville
<linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 01:20:48AM +0200, Karakontakis Apostolos wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have recenetly bought a usb wireless stick that requires zd1211rw driver
>> (ZyDAS ZD1211B chipset).With kernel 2.6.24 it works ok but with kernel
>> 2.6.27.2 it dos not.
>>
>> 1. I have the latest firmware in /lib/firmware/zd1211
>> 2. i have CONFIG_MAC80211 and CONFIG_FW_LOADER = y
>> 3. i have CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
>>
>> when i insert the module i get the following errors
>>
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: mac80211: Unknown parameter
>> `ieee80211_regdom'
>
> This parameter no longer exists for mac80211.  A similar parameter
> now exists for cfg80211, but the format is different.
>
> The mac80211 module isn't loading due to the unknown parameter.
>
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol ieee80211_free_hw
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol ieee80211_alloc_hw
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol
>> ieee80211_register_hw
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol
>> ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol
>> ieee80211_wake_queues
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol
>> ieee80211_stop_queues
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol
>> ieee80211_unregister_hw
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_get
>> Nov 13 01:02:20 hakarako kernel: zd1211rw: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_irqsafe
>
> Since mac80211 didn't load, zd1211rw won't load.
>
> Remove that mac80211 option from modprobe.conf (and possibly add the
> equivalent parameter to cfg80211), the modprobe zd1211rw again.
>
> John
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Also, be sure to set CONFIG_MAC80211=m (not =y).

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