I tried to emerge linux-wlan-ng; here's the output: root@buzz chris # cd /usr/portage/net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng/ root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # ls ChangeLog linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17.ebuild files linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17-r1.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r1.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre19.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r2.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r3.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre8.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre11.ebuild Manifest linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre16.ebuild metadata.xml root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # emerge linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20.ebuild Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-module-init-tools.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-SMP-fix.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3.2.6.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3.2.7.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work * Kernel PCMCIA detected. Skipping external pcmcia-cs sources. >>> Source unpacked. -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script ------------- The default responses are correct for most users. Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [y] Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux] make[1]: Warnung: Kein Jobserver verf
I tried to emerge linux-wlan-ng; here's the output: root@buzz chris # cd /usr/portage/net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng/ root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # ls ChangeLog linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17.ebuild files linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17-r1.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r1.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre19.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r2.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r3.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre8.ebuild linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre11.ebuild Manifest linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre16.ebuild metadata.xml root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # emerge linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20.ebuild Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-module-init-tools.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-SMP-fix.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3.2.6.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3.2.7.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work * Kernel PCMCIA detected. Skipping external pcmcia-cs sources. >>> Source unpacked. -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script ------------- The default responses are correct for most users. Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [y] Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [y] Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux] make[1]: Warnung: Kein Jobserver verfügbar: setzen -j1. Fügen »+« zur Ursprungsregel hinzu. The kernel source tree is version 2.6.5. Kernel 2.5/2.6 support is highly experimental. WARNING: the current running kernel is actually version 2.6.6. The current kernel build date is Mon May 10 15:49:23 2004. Alternate target install root directory on host [/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/image/] PCMCIA script directory [/etc/pcmcia] Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.6.5] It looks like you have a System V init file setup. Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) [] Build for debugging (see doc/config.debug) (y/n) [n] Configuration successful. set -e; for d in src doc man etc; do make -C $d ; done make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src' set -e; for d in mkmeta p80211 prism2 shared wlanctl wland nwepgen wlancfg; do make -C $d ; done make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/mkmeta' gcc -E -M -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211types.c ../shared/p80211metamsg.c ../shared/p80211metamib.c ../shared/p80211meta.c mkmetadef.c ../shared/p80211types.c ../shared/p80211metamsg.c ../shared/p80211metamib.c ../shared/p80211meta.c mkmetastruct.c > .depend mkdir -p obj gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211types.c -o obj/p80211types.o gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211metamsg.c -o obj/p80211metamsg.o gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211metamib.c -o obj/p80211metamib.o gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211meta.c -o obj/p80211meta.o gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ mkmetadef.c -o obj/mkmetadef.o gcc -c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ mkmetastruct.c -o obj/mkmetastruct.o gcc -o mkmetadef obj/p80211types.o obj/p80211metamsg.o obj/p80211metamib.o obj/p80211meta.o obj/mkmetadef.o gcc -o mkmetastruct obj/p80211types.o obj/p80211metamsg.o obj/p80211metamib.o obj/p80211meta.o obj/mkmetastruct.o cat mkmetadefhead.txt > ../include/wlan/p80211metadef.h ./mkmetadef >> ../include/wlan/p80211metadef.h cat mkmetastructhead.txt > ../include/wlan/p80211metastruct.h ./mkmetastruct >> ../include/wlan/p80211metastruct.h echo "#endif" >> ../include/wlan/p80211metastruct.h echo "#endif" >> ../include/wlan/p80211metadef.h make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/mkmeta' make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211' if test ! -d /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/../.tmp_versions; then \ cp -rf /usr/src/linux/.tmp_versions /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/../ ; \ fi make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211 WLAN_SRC=/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/ \ MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/../.tmp_versions modules make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5' *** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause *** inconsistencies make[4]: >>arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s<< ist bereits aktualisiert. CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211mod.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211conv.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211req.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211frm.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211wep.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211wext.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211netdev.o /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211wext.c:172:2: Warnung: #warning "make a smarter sharedkey/opensystem auth decision" /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211wext.c:438:2: Warnung: #warning "get rid of p2mib here" /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211wext.c:748:2: Warnung: #warning "Get rid of p2mib here!" /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211netdev.c: In function `register_wlandev': /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211netdev.c:1051: Warnung: `dev_get' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/netdevice.h:525) LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211/p80211.o Building modules, stage 2. /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/scripts/Makefile.modpost:17: Trouble: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/scripts/Makefile.modpost:18: *** Uh-oh, you have stale module entries. You messed with SUBDIRS, /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/scripts/Makefile.modpost:19: do not complain if something goes wrong. MODPOST ACCESS DENIED open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/.__modpost.cmd /bin/sh: line 1: ./.__modpost.cmd: Keine Berechtigung make[4]: *** [__modpost] Fehler 1 make[3]: *** [modules] Fehler 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5' make[2]: *** [default] Fehler 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src/p80211' make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20/work/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre20/src' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 !!! ERROR: net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 92, Exitcode 2 !!! failed compiling --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-net-wireless_-_linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20-26806.log" open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/.__modpost.cmd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # ifconfig eth0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 08:00:46:B6:19:2E UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:9 eth1 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:30:AB:1A:24:2F inet Adresse:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maske:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1282 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000 RX bytes:1750446 (1.6 Mb) TX bytes:182401 (178.1 Kb) Interrupt:3 Basisadresse:0x100 lo Protokoll:Lokale Schleife inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:176 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:176 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0 RX bytes:8868 (8.6 Kb) TX bytes:8868 (8.6 Kb) vmnet1 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:50:56:C0:00:01 inet Adresse:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Maske:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # lsmod Module Size Used by rfcomm 30232 2 sg 34784 0 orinoco_cs 9416 1 orinoco 43852 1 orinoco_cs hermes 8704 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco vmnet 30224 10 vmmon 48408 0 rtc 12728 0 l2cap 25412 5 rfcomm ide_cd 43012 0 sr_mod 18596 0 scsi_mod 81344 2 sg,sr_mod cdrom 40608 2 ide_cd,sr_mod root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install vmware + kernel 2.6 2. emerge linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20.ebuild Actual Results: !!! ERROR: net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 92, Exitcode 2 !!! failed compiling --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-net-wireless_-_linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre20-26806.log" open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/.__modpost.cmd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@buzz linux-wlan-ng # Kernel 2.6, vmware 4.5.1
I will assume this is quite old now, if you still experience this problem please re-open the bug.
