[Hardy LUM] SRU request #258344 (fixup)

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Aug 25 15:34:39 UTC 2008


Stefan Bader wrote:
> Tim Gardner wrote:
>> 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
> 
> I added a script to the BOM file that helps to find missing symbols and some
> comment about that. The actual modification is better done manually.
> 
> Stefan
> 

ACK - uploaded linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24_2.6.24-21.32

linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-21.32) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  [Stefan Bader]

  * Fix ieee80211_rtl to coexist with ieee80211
    - LP: #258344

 -- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:45
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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