On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Andreas Hartmann
<andihartmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I always have to issue a "depmod -a" after make install. You can check
> if the new modules are used afterwards with
> "modinfo modname[without .ko]" and check the given path. It should
> contain "updates".
> Sometimes, it is necessary for me to insert a "depmod -a" even before
> make install, because of missing files, which are needed by the
> installation and which are created by depmod -a.
Hi Andreas,
I hope you can help me a bit further cause I don't know what's going on...
# lsmod | grep 80211
mac80211 157166 1 ath5k
cfg80211 111132 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
rfkill 6676 1 cfg80211
# lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6105M [Rhine-III]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
logical name: eth0
version: 96
serial: 00:0d:b9:16:4b:0c
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii
10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.5.0 duplex=full latency=64 link=yes
maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:11 ioport:fc00(size=256) memory:effff000-effff0ff
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5413 802.11abg NIC
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:0b:6b:2e:25:d5
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k
driverversion=3.0.0-voyage firmware=N/A latency=168 link=yes
maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:10 memory:effd0000-effdffff
both commands confirm I'm using the ath5k driver (as I knew).
# modinfo ath5k
filename:
/lib/modules/3.0.0-voyage/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
license: Dual BSD/GPL
description: Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.
author: Nick Kossifidis
author: Jiri Slaby
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000011sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000207sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: mac80211,cfg80211,ath
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.0.0-voyage SMP preempt mod_unload 486
parm: debug:uint
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
parm: all_channels:Expose all channels the device can use. (bool)
parm: fastchanswitch:Enable fast channel switching for
AR2413/AR5413 radios. (bool)
# find / | grep ath5k.ko
/lib/modules/3.0.0-voyage/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
/lib/modules/3.0.0/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
/root/compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
/root/compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/.ath5k.ko.cmd
I tried depmod -a and also a simple reboot (which I always do after
make install) but the "updates" module is never loaded.
Any idea?
thanks,
alfonso
>
> Kind regards,
> Andreas
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