Please, help me with at76c503a and recent Linux packages...

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

Hi,

  I've been making RPMS for my machine of at76c503a and have recently
sent upstream a patch for rpm making.

  However, I have a huge problem that's bound to get worse without help,
and I know little of kernel module building to understand the problem.

  I'm running Fedora Core (from the development rawhide tree), so this
problem will be happening on FC4... quite likely.

  When I load the module with Linux 2.6.10-1.1090_FC4, I see the
following:

Feb  4 21:37:21 roque kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 2
Feb  4 21:37:22 roque modprobe: WARNING: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1090_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76_usbdfu.ko':
No such file or directory
Feb  4 21:37:22 roque modprobe: WARNING: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1090_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503.ko':
No such file or directory
Feb  4 21:37:22 roque modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1090_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c505-rfmd2958.ko':
No such file or directory

Ah... I forgot to rebuild with lower kernel again... so I disconnect,
rebuild for the older Linux again, and put it in again:

Feb  4 21:37:28 roque kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Feb  4 21:38:23 roque kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 3
Feb  4 21:38:24 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76_usbdfu.c: USB
Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.12beta22-static loading
Feb  4 21:38:24 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503.c: Generic
Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.12beta22-static
Feb  4 21:38:24 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c:
Atmel at76c505 (RFMD 2958) Wireless LAN Driver v0.12beta22-static loading
Feb  4 21:38:24 roque kernel: usbcore: registered new driver at76c505-rfmd2958
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 3
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: usb 3-2: device firmware changed
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 3
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c:
wlan%d disconnecting
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c:
at76c505-rfmd2958 disconnected
Feb  4 21:38:26 roque kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 4
Feb  4 21:38:27 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503.c: $Id:
at76c503.c,v 1.72 2004/10/19 20:45:25 jal2 Exp $ compiled Jan 23 2005 15:37:23
Feb  4 21:38:27 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503.c: firmware
version 1.101.0 #86 (fcs_len 4)
Feb  4 21:38:27 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503.c:
device's MAC 00:11:3b:03:9d:dc, regulatory domain ETSI (Europe - (Spain+France) (id
48)Feb  4 21:38:27 roque kernel: /home/builder/redhat/BUILD/at76c503a/at76c503.c:
registered wlan0

So all this works, ok? Now... lets go to Linux 2.6.10-1.1124_FC4

Feb  4 21:33:30 roque kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 2
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque modprobe: WARNING: Error inserting at76_usbdfu
(/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1124_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76_usbdfu.ko):
Invalid module format
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque modprobe: WARNING: Error inserting at76c503
(/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1124_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503.ko): Invalid
module format
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting at76c505_rfmd2958
(/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.1124_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c505-rfmd2958.ko):
Invalid module format
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque kernel: at76_usbdfu: version magic '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 686
REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS
gcc-3.4'
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque kernel: at76c503: version magic '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 686 REGPARM
4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4'
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque kernel: at76c505_rfmd2958: version magic '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 686
REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS
gcc-3.4'
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque usb.agent[4293]: ... can't load module at76c505-rfmd2958
Feb  4 21:33:31 roque usb.agent[4293]: missing kernel or user mode driver
at76c505-rfmd2958

So you see, it _is_bad_ but I can't find a way to solve this...

Any help?

Rui

-- 
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+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?

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[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

I feel embarassed...

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 21:54 +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  Feb  4 21:33:31 roque kernel: at76_usbdfu: version magic
>  '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' should be
>  '2.6.10-1.1124_FC4 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' 
The i586 should have been a dead give away. Thank you guys @
#fedora-devel!!!


Note to Seth: yum somehow siletly upgraded my i686 Linux to an i586
one...

Regards, Rui

-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?

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[Chuck Anderson]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:41:28PM +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  Note to Seth: yum somehow siletly upgraded my i686 Linux to an i586
>  one... 
Do you have exactarch=1 set in your yum.conf?

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:00 -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
>  On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:41:28PM +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  > Note to Seth: yum somehow siletly upgraded my i686 Linux to an i586
>  > one...
>  
>  Do you have exactarch=1 set in your yum.conf? 
Another note - don't expect me to read every single message that comes
across f-d-l :)

if you think you've found a bug, let me know in bugzilla. :)

-sv

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:07 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
>  On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:00 -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
>  > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:41:28PM +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  > > Note to Seth: yum somehow siletly upgraded my i686 Linux to an i586
>  > > one...
>  > 
>  > Do you have exactarch=1 set in your yum.conf? 

Yes:
grep exactarch /etc/yum.conf
exactarch=1

>  Another note - don't expect me to read every single message that
> comes
>  across f-d-l :) 
hehe sorry :)

>  if you think you've found a bug, let me know in bugzilla. :)
I wish I knew when it happened. It started happening right after linux
rpm 1090. In the meanwhile, yum was updated so it might have been a
temporary problem!

Rui

-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?

Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments.
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[seth vidal]

On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 12:46 +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:07 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
>  > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:00 -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
>  > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:41:28PM +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>  > > > Note to Seth: yum somehow siletly upgraded my i686 Linux to an i586
>  > > > one...
>  > > 
>  > > Do you have exactarch=1 set in your yum.conf?
>  
>  
>  Yes:
>  grep exactarch /etc/yum.conf
>  exactarch=1
>  
>  > Another note - don't expect me to read every single message that comes
>  > across f-d-l :)
>  
>  hehe sorry :)
>  
>  > if you think you've found a bug, let me know in bugzilla. :)
>  
>  I wish I knew when it happened. It started happening right after linux
>  rpm 1090. In the meanwhile, yum was updated so it might have been a
>  temporary problem! 
i'd like to see the /var/log/yum.log from this system.

-sv