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Bob Copeland wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:05:47PM -0700, Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
>> Actually, it's saying:
>>
>> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.27.26-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko
>> depends:        mac80211,cfg80211
>>
>> And the 0.6.0 version number matches ath5k/base.c in the compat-wireless
>> sources as well.
> 
> Yeah, ignore the module version number, no one ever changes it.
> 
>> Not seeing the dependency on "ath", which is strange.  Is that common code
>> that's shared in 2.6.30 for the Atheros drivers?
> 
> In 2.6.31, yes.
> 
>>> The fix was merged after 2.6.30, IIRC, but it should definitely be in
>>> compat-wireless.  Also check your modules directory for an old ath5k.ko
>>> sitting in drivers/.../wireless/ath5k.  It should now be in ath/ath5k.
> 
> See above, the fix was post-2.6.30, however compat-wireless should have
> it.  The module should now be in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, not
> drivers/net/wireless/ath5k.
> 

I'm using the tarball out of:

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30

perhaps I should be using a different one?  I tried 2.6.31-rc1, but it doesn't build against 2.6.27.

-Philip


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