Bug 104449 – ipw2200 kernel module won't load: undefined symbol

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description tim 2005-08-31 23:20:21 UTC]

hi all,

i can't modprobe the ipw2200 module, that's installed with 1.0.6-rc1:

laptop tim # modprobe ipw2200            
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200
(/lib/modules/2.6.12-rc5-RT-V0.7.47-12/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol
in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg tells me:
ipw2200: Unknown symbol is_multicast_ether_addr
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index

the kernel is: 2.6.12-rc5-RT-V0.7.47-12 

thanks in advance ...

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) 2005-08-31 23:26:24 UTC]

Could you please test this on a vanilla kernel and report if you are able to
reproduce the issue?  (You will need to re-emerge the drivers I believe).

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-09-01 14:52:30 UTC]

See comment #1

[Comment 3 tim 2005-09-02 01:34:23 UTC]

after applying the following patch to my kernel sources:
http://www.tglx.de/cgi-bin/gittracker/showcommit/tracker-linux/marcelo/8xx-fixes/79165121bc09c209451487d977df910c4ff6fc94-919

it resolved the problem ... this patch is in the vanilla kernel since 2.6.12-rc6
earlier versions (of the 2.6.12 kernel?) will produce this problem...

not sure, if this can be marked in the ipw2200 ebuilds