[Please reply-to-all.] On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 14:33 +0000, Robert Frazier wrote: > On 17/03/13 13:51, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > >> > >> [ 410.612607] i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo > >> (owned by compat) > > > > Ah! So this is a confict with compat-drivers. You'll need to remove > > that. > > > > Ben. > > > > Dear Ben, > > Thanks. That works, but it isn't pretty. In addition to an Intel NIC, > I have a wireless card in my system, which uses the ath9k module. ath9k > uses compat.
ath9k is also in Debian kernel packages, but perhaps the version we
provide doesn't support your particular chip. But we should be able to
fix that.
> (I'm afraid that I don't know with the compat module does.
> Firmware related?)
It's part of compat-drivers, which you have installed separately.
It includes various functions and other features that the base kernel
doesn't - like the i2c_algo_bit structure. Except that the base kernel
does now provide i2c_algo_bit!
> From "lsmod | grep compat".
>
> compat 13461 5
> cfg80211,mac80211,ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,ath9k
>
> Unfortunately, the ath9k is loaded so early in the boot process that it
> is in intramfs. So, I had to blacklist the ath9k, etc., and then
> regenerate the intramfs. Luckily, I only use wireless/ath9k
> occasionally for testing a DIY router, so I can, more or less, do
> without it.
>
> Since it would be better if one didn't have to choose between using the
> wireless card or graphics, it still looks like something funny is going on.
Sure, but this isn't our bug.
Ben.
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