[Hardy LUM] SRU request #258344 (fixup)

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> SRU justification:
> 
> Impact: The new r8187 driver (or better the ieee80211_rtl module duplicates
> symbols from the kernel ieee80211 module. This prevents loading of that modules
> and so prevents for example the ipw2200 driver from loading.
> 
> Fix: I submitted a patch that lets me load (unfortunately not test the rtl
> modules) both drivers in parallel (and get me my wireless back). This defines
> are essentially an extension to what has been already done for some other symbols.
> 
> Testcase: Without the patch, loading the ieee80211 module will complain that it
> tries to export a symbol already exported by ieee80211_rtl. With it both stack
> can be loaded at the same time without any warnings.
> 

Oops - I think I caused this problem. How about a script to munge the
public symbols in case we have to update this driver someday?

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at ubuntu.com