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Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?



On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 10:09 +0100, Mazzhe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to load i2c-algo-bit:
> 
> # modprobe i2c-algo-bit
> i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo (owned by compat)
> ERROR: Could not insert 'i2c_algo_bit'; Exec format error
> 
> A search on the web gave me an advice, by talking about module 'alx' : I 
> added this module myself, in order to make my ethernet card working...
> 
> I tried this:
> # modprobe -r alx
> # modprobe i2c-algo-bit
> 
> (no error, this time !)
> and then :
> # startx
> 
> It works!
> But I don't have my ethernet card working anymore... If I try to load 
> alx, I have
> ERROR: Could not insert 'alx': Exec format error
> 
> I don't know what to do now, but I hope this information will be usefull 
> to solve this issue.

You need to remove compat-drivers.

alx is included in the Debian kernel packages now.

Ben.

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