On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On a side note, the compat-wireless name mangling will help with > another problem: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/249186 > > ...this happens because compat-wireless builds a version of the usbnet > module but then there are Ethernet dongles (ex: asix) that rely on the > stock version of usbnet (they aren't updated by compat-wireless) and > the user gets a symbols mismatch as a result. This won't be an issue > if compat-wireless' usbnet has mangled names for its symbols. Good call. My solution to this was to consider backporting the usb modules that use usbnet, these modules are pretty dormant development wise so it certainly is something we could do. I'm giving this mangle thing another shot now since I don't see anyone stepping up, I won't do usbnet, my first target will obviously be Atheros drivers :) Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
