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Bug#353023: marked as done (linux-image-2.6-686: hostap module overrides network card driver)

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Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.15-4
Severity: important


Since my last kernel upgrade (from 2.6.15-1 to 2.6.15-4, I believe), the hostap kernel module seems to override the orinoco kernel module, so my wireless card always comes up in ap mode.  Once the hostap modules are started, it does not seem possible to unload them to put the card back into a normal client mode (rmmod/modprobe -r says the driver is in use and cannot be removed).  So, it seems I have to manually delete or rename the hostap module to prevent it from being loaded, then reboot if I want to use my card as a client.

Is there a more elegant way to disable the hostap driver by default?
If not, could you please remove the hostap driver from the stock kernel and go back to the "install the hostap-kernel-module package if you want hostap" way of doing things?

Thanks!
-Paul


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6-686 depends on:
ii  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686      2.6.15-4   Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on PPro/

linux-image-2.6-686 recommends no packages.

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Hi,
I don't really think it's a kernel bug. Both orinoco and hostap modules are designed to work with the same hardware. As they both advertise support for the card, the order in which udev will try loading the modules is unpredictable, so the proper solution is to blacklist one of them. As this fixes the problem for the original submitter, I'm closing this bug report. Feel free to reopen it at any time if you feel that there's something else which needs to be done. 

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/                   KeyID: C99E03CC

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