Hello,
I use latest Mandriva distribution 2009.1 with kernel
2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb. I have rt2561 wifi card in my PC. I would like to
switch my wifi card to AP or Ad-hoc mode. My distribution's rt61pci
module doesn't support these modes. So I have downloaded
compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2
<http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2>.
I ran:
make
make install
make unload
Everything fine. But then "modprobe rt61pci" loaded my distribution's
rt61pci module and not the compiled one. Distribution's one is in folder:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11279 2009-04-21 01:13
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
Compiled one is in folder:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# ls -la
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123843 2009-05-16 23:21
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
But after I type "modprobe rt61pci", then:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# modinfo rt61pci
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
license: GPL
firmware: rt2661.bin
firmware: rt2561s.bin
firmware: rt2561.bin
description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.2.3
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: E8C0D3A4B7F36984638CEDF
alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6,crc-itu-t
vermagic: 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
So you can see that Distribution's module (in kernel folder) was loaded.
I think root cause of problem is that run of command: "depmod -ae" finds
first rt61pci in kernel's folder and then next instance in updates
folder is not considered. If I look at output of depmod command:
[root@trencancan compat-wireless-2.6.30-rc4]# grep -i rt61pci
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/modules.dep
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz:
kernel/lib/crc-itu-t.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz
kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.gz kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko.gz
kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz
kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko.gz
So you may see that rt61pci in
/lib/modules/2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/
folder is not considered.
Please, how can I workaround this? Or what do I wrong? One solution can
be to install all compat-wireless modules into kernel folder instead of
updates folder. But then distribution's ones will be overwritten and
un-installation will be impossible.
Thanks.
Michal
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