Re: compiled madwifi module, how to 'reload' without rebooting

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Jaime Tarrant wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:36:09 -0400
> "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On a Debian Testing I just compiled the new module from
> > madwifi-source. How do I reload that module without rebooting? lsmod
> > does not list madwifi as a module. My current modules are:
> > $> lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> [snip]
> > ath_hal               301696  3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
> [snip] 
> > Thanks,
> > ->HS
>
> The Madwifi module is ath_pci - see ath_pci above in your lsmod output.
>
> To reload it, something like the below command, as root, should do the
> trick:
>
> modprobe -rv ath_pci && modprobe -v ath_pci
>
> HTH,
> Jaime

Thanks for the tips. However, ran in to some problems. Here is what 
happened:
~# /etc/init.d/hostapd  stop
Stopping advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd.
~# lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci               206936  0
ath_rate_sample        12384  1
wlan                  200912  6 
wlan_tkip,wlan_xauth,ath_pci,wlan_scan_ap,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal               301696  3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
~# modprobe  -rv ath_pci
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/ath_pci.ko
~# lsmod | grep ath
ath_rate_sample        12384  0
wlan                  200912  4 
wlan_tkip,wlan_xauth,wlan_scan_ap,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal               301696  1 ath_rate_sample
~# modprobe -v ath_pci
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/ath_pci.ko autocreate=ap
FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci 
(/lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/ath_pci.ko): Unknown 
symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)


So I just rebooted the machine.

Regards,
->HS