Bug 115040

Summary:	Atheros kernel module is broken
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Wade Berrier <wberrier>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Hubert Mantel <mantel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Beta 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86
OS:	All
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Description Wade Berrier 2005-09-02 18:16:29 UTC

It seems to me that the ath_hal module is missing.  ath_rate_sample can't load
and then ath_pci fails as well.

Output:

wberrier:/lib/modules/2.6.13-3-default/extra # modprobe ath_pci
WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_sample
(/lib/modules/2.6.13-3-default/extra/ath_rate_sample.ko): Unknown symbol in
module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.13-3-default/extra/ath_pci.ko):
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)


dmesg output:

ath_rate_sample: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ath_rate_sample: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_tx_complete
ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_attach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newassoc
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_dynamic_sysctl_register
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_cleanup
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_detach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_init
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_findrate
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newstate
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_setupxtxdesc
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes

Comment 1 Dennis Conrad 2005-09-03 14:06:37 UTC

ath_hal is in the -nongpl kernel package which we don't ship with beta4.  (I
don't know why.)  Workaround:

Install the kernel and -nongpl packages from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/i386/HEAD/

Comment 2 Andreas Jaeger 2005-09-03 16:20:17 UTC

Please install from ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/10.0/...

Comment 3 Wade Berrier 2005-09-06 15:36:01 UTC

Since the ath_hal module is in the nongpl package, I think the other ath*
modules should be there as well.  Otherwise it's confusing.  I thought I had the
driver come to find out I didn't quite have it.

More importantly, if the nongpl package isn't going to ship with suse 10, a note
about the atheros and other drivers and how to get them should be in the release
notes.

Comment 4 Olaf Kirch 2005-09-07 09:55:36 UTC

This has been reported so many times... :-) 
I agree that it's a good idea to move all of the ath_* modules to nongpl; 
I just did so.