[ILUG] IEEE 802.11 libraries compile failure

[Cian Davis]

No, double checked and that it didn't refer to anything else. Only thing
is that maybe the required modules weren't in the kernel, but according
to the autoconf.h file in the kernel modules directory, they were.

Will have to wait and see if it will play nice with WPA.

Cian

Frank Duignan wrote:

> The kernel is complaining because the functions init_module and
> module_cleanup are not exported as public symbols - I took a quick
> look at the file from source forge and no such functions are present -
> is this supposed to be part of something bigger?
> f
>
> On 9/27/05, *Cian Davis* <davisc at skynet.ie <mailto:davisc at skynet.ie>>
> wrote:
>
>     Paul Jakma wrote:
>
>     > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Cian Davis wrote:
>     >
>     >> However, compilation of the ieee80211 libraries isn't
>     completing with
>     >> 'Warning: "init_module" $file undefined' or cleanup_module
>     undefined.
>     >
>     >
>     > What exactly makes you think it isn't completing? Warning's are not
>     > errors and the below very much looks like it did complete
>     succesfully
>     > despite the warnings..
>
>
>     The reason is that if I ignore, compile ipw2200 and install....
>
>     eire-og:~# modprobe ipw2200
>     WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt
>     (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1-686/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko):
>     Invalid module format
>     WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211
>     (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1-686/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Invalid
>     module format
>     FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200
>     (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko):
>     Invalid module format
>
>     Complaining about the same modules.... And the only errors I get
>     during compile are the undefined errors.
>
>     I get the exact same errors as in the initial mail during the make
>     install of ieee80211 and also during the make and make install of
>     ipw22000
>
>     Regards,
>     Cian
>
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