unres. symbols by issueing "insmod hostap_cs"

[Peyush Agarwal]

Hi,

At the time of kernel compilation, remove the "Symmetric multiprocessor
support" support and then compile your driver.

Regds.
Peyush.

"m_pawlowski at t-online.de" wrote:

> hi, everybody.
>
> well ... i was trying to get hostap up and running for several days now.
> unfortunately i wasn't able to set it up completely and i'm close to
> going slightly mad about it.
>
> the distributions i used were rh 7.1 and 8.0 and i even installed it
> freshly any time i was close to desperation. but although everything
> compiled ok (make pccard and make install_pccard) and installed
> correctly hostap_cs did not install itself when the wireless card was
> inserted (Netgear MR401RA, i edited hostap_cs.conf to fit the desc and i
> did edit the Makefile to point to the right location and added the line
> EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DPRISM2_HOSTAPD to get the userspace-daemon). so i tried
> to insmod it manually and strangely enough the following messages
> appeared on the screen:
>
> ["insmod hostap_cs" on RH71:]
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_get_stats_Rsmp_390a1e89
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_handle_sta_tx_Rsmp_46f640b0
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_check_sta_fw_version_Rsmp_42ed7e19
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_rx_Rsmp_b8370db9
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_netif_stop_queues_Rsmp_3a5a7aef
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_info_init_Rsmp_2c329034
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_get_porttype_Rsmp_62abd661
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_update_rx_stats_Rsmp_797a2ffa
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_dump_tx_header_Rsmp_3abcbf80
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_handle_sta_rx_Rsmp_5e5b501a
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_set_multicast_list_queue_Rsmp_c089a779
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_init_data_Rsmp_e87fbd5a
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_info_process_Rsmp_e0942f32
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_free_data_Rsmp_44cb068b
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_set_word_Rsmp_f1417d23
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_is_sta_assoc_Rsmp_4f6542f7
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_set_antsel_Rsmp_b80593b4
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_80211_get_hdrlen_Rsmp_6903f16c
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_init_proc_Rsmp_00cea015
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_update_sta_ps_Rsmp_45a63518
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_set_string_Rsmp_c7659074
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_dump_rx_header_Rsmp_27a069d6
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_80211_header_parse_Rsmp_5890fb53
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_set_encryption_Rsmp_8e5c034d
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_setup_dev_Rsmp_b7f64b28
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_handle_sta_release_Rsmp_27df6133
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_handle_sta_crypto_Rsmp_5084302a
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_netif_wake_queues_Rsmp_6f00495f
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_handle_sta_tx_exc_Rsmp_096fa615
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> hostap_remove_proc_Rsmp_51010be6
>
> there was no output from depmod concerning unresolved symbols; those
> messages only appear when i try to insmod hostap_cs manually.
>
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS didn't do the trick, either. the only thing that
> differs then is the missing trailing _R* stuff when trying to insmod
> hostap_cs.
>
> can anybody please tell me what i'm doing wrong?
>
> the weird thing is: on a system where hostapd is not intended to run
> everything works fine (it's another laptop running RH 8.0), hostap_cs
> automatically loads every time the card is inserted and i am sure that
> the config's identical to the one on the system where hostap_cs does not
> work.
>
> well, you shall say that surely enough there must be differences and
> most probably you're right (excuse me for being that dull :). but i
> can't figure out where the differences are ...
>
> oh - and: it doesn't matter whether i use the latest cvs-snapshot (which
> runs fine on the system where hostapd is not intended to run) or v0.0.1.
>
> any help is gladly appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> -mp.
>
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