[Bug 43189] ipw3945 depends on versioned ieee80211 symbols and fails to load

[Trent Lloyd]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15

In latest dapper, ubuntu revision 21 of 2.6.15, in this case on the
686-smp kernel, the 3945ABG driver fails to load

Guessing this is the relevant lspci entry:
0000:0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)

the main problem is this:

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_1_1_13_set_geo

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol
ieee80211_1_1_13_get_channel_flags

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_1_1_13_wx_get_encode

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_1_1_13_wx_get_scan

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_1_1_13_wx_set_encode

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol
ieee80211_1_1_13_wx_get_encodeext

[4302737.029000] ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_1_1_13_tx_frame

Now if we run strings 
lathiat at gianna:/lib/modules/2.6.15-21-k7/kernel/net/ieee80211$ strings *.ko |grep tx_frame
ieee80211_tx_frame
lathiat at gianna:/lib/modules/2.6.15-21-k7/kernel/net/ieee80211$

We see that the symbol is versioned

Note that ieee80211 loads fine, as does the ipw2200 driver (which is
obviously useless but loads fine, and depends on ieee80211)

So at a guess it needs non-versioned symbols, or we're missing a module
with the versioned symbols?

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ipw3945 depends on versioned ieee80211 symbols and fails to load
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43189