Bug#535131: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: b43 driver claims support for unsupported device
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 02:37:58PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 01:09:10AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > That's not how module loading works. If there are two modules that
> > handle the same device id they will both be loaded. If the first probe
> > function returns failure then the other will get a chance.
> Sure that this is actually communicated to userspace? It appears that the
> module is still loaded, with no devices bound.
What is your problem? A module that does not have any hardware to drive
will just sit their. If you have a problem with the circumstance that it
is loaded, blacklist it.
> > It may be that you need to run "depmod -a" to complete installation of
> > broadcom-sta.
> Anyway, I wonder if it makes sense to declare support for that PCI ID if it
> isn't actually present -- the probe function will always fail until support
> for LP-PHY is implemented.
Ask upstream. There are often more then one device type with one pci id,
escpecially if one chip can drive several phys.
Bastian
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