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Bug#703142: closed by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (Re: Bug#703142: Kernel image 3.2.39-2: i915 module will not load.)



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On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 14:33 +0000, Robert Frazier wrote:
> On 17/03/13 13:51, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> [  410.612607] i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo
> >> (owned by compat)
> >
> > Ah!  So this is a confict with compat-drivers.  You'll need to remove
> > that.
> >
> > Ben.
> >
> 
> Dear Ben,
> 
> Thanks.  That works, but it isn't pretty.  In addition to an Intel NIC, 
> I have a wireless card in my system, which uses the ath9k module.  ath9k 
> uses compat.

ath9k is also in Debian kernel packages, but perhaps the version we
provide doesn't support your particular chip.  But we should be able to
fix that.

>   (I'm afraid that I don't know with the compat module does. 
>   Firmware related?)

It's part of compat-drivers, which you have installed separately.

It includes various functions and other features that the base kernel
doesn't - like the i2c_algo_bit structure.  Except that the base kernel
does now provide i2c_algo_bit!

>  From "lsmod | grep compat".
> 
> compat                 13461  5 
> cfg80211,mac80211,ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,ath9k
> 
> Unfortunately, the ath9k is loaded so early in the boot process that it 
> is in intramfs.  So, I had to blacklist the ath9k, etc., and then 
> regenerate the intramfs.  Luckily, I only use wireless/ath9k 
> occasionally for testing a DIY router, so I can, more or less, do 
> without it.
> 
> Since it would be better if one didn't have to choose between using the 
> wireless card or graphics, it still looks like something funny is going on.

Sure, but this isn't our bug.

Ben.

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