Shourya Sarcar wrote: > Larry Finger wrote: >> With 2.6.24-rc5, a b43 user reports a problem at bootup. The b43 >> module, which should be loaded by the ssb module, fails with the >> following type of message: >> >> ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0 b43: >> disagrees about version of symbol ssb_device_is_enabled b43: Unknown >> symbol ssb_device_is_enabled b43: disagrees about version of symbol >> ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable b43: Unknown symbol >> ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable b43: disagrees about version of symbol >> ssb_bus_may_powerdown b43: Unknown symbol ssb_bus_may_powerdown >> >> < and more similar lines....> >> >> If the user issues the commands >> >> rmmod ssb; modprobe b43 >> >> then the modules are loaded correctly and the wireless device works. >> >> What could be causing such a problem? >> >> Larry >> > > Larry, thanks for pursuing this. I upgraded to 2.6.24-rc6 last night and > I don't see this issue anymore. One might think that the clean remake > solved the problem (which I am pretty sure I did with rc5 as well); but > still does not explain with 2.6.24-rc5, the module would not load on > first attempt but then load after the manual: > > # rmmod ssb;modprobe b43
Johannes may have been right and that you had a stale initrd. I was going to have you try a 'sudo mkinitrd', but it is now fixed. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
