trying to get the prism2_cs driver to work

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

> i'm trying to get the prism2_cs driver to work for a prism2.5 chipset card. 
so 
> far i'm stumped at the following output:
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> kloro@debian:~$ sudo modprobe prism2_cs
> WARNING: Error inserting p80211 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.16.4/linux-wlan-ng/p80211.ko): Invalid module format
> FATAL: Error inserting prism2_cs 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.16.4/linux-wlan-ng/prism2_cs.ko): Invalid module format
> 
> kloro@debian:~$ dmesg |grep prism2
> prism2_cs: version magic '2.6.16.4 preempt 386 gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.16.4 
> preempt 386 gcc-4.0'
> prism2_cs: version magic '2.6.16.4 preempt 386 gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.16.4 
> preempt 386 gcc-4.0'
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> running etch.
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> thanks,
> 
> tom arnall
> arcata
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ok, getting further. after compiling with the correct gcc (make CC=gcc-4.0) 
the system finds the card at boot time and ifconfig -a gets, among other 
things:

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



but when i try to use the device, trouble. e.g.:

kloro@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.16.4$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device


or:

kloro@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.16.4$ sudo airmon-ng wlan0

usage: airmon-ng <start|stop> <interface> [channel]

Interface       Chipset         Driver


my kernel is 2.6.16.4. etch is the whatever.

thanks,

tom arnall
arcata