Bug 104438

Summary:	loading error in firmware_class.ko module in gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r9 (applies to zd1201.ko)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Drew Walton <admin>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2005.1
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Drew Walton 2005-08-31 17:59:36 UTC

Well, I have a X-Micro Mini USB card, and I heard that kernel 2.6.12 had it 
built in. I chose to build the driver as a module, and built the kernel. Since 
firmware loading was also a module, that was built, too. However, when I 
either added firmware_class and zd1201 to /etc/autoload.d/kernel-2.6, or 
modprobed it, I got the error: "Error in 'firmware_class.ko'. Couldn't load 
module correctly. Unloading." This is very strange behavior, escpecially for 
Gentoo. Anyone know why this is?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Emerge gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r9
2.Compile the zd1201 module with the kernel
3.Either add it to the kernel-2.6 script or modprobe firmware_class.ko

Actual Results:  
Same results every time.

Expected Results:  
It should have loaded properly, and detected my wireless card.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-31 23:49:04 UTC

Please, try to reproduce this with latest vanilla-sources and report back.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-01 15:21:15 UTC

See above.

Comment 3 Drew Walton 2005-09-02 15:12:31 UTC

Never mind that error. I just realised that I didn't compile the driver with the
kernel, I downloaded the driver sources from a website. I just checked the
sources. zd1201.c was missing a critical system call. the Makefile was also
missing the calls for the usb source files to be compiled. Fixed that and it
works now.