Re: bcm5974 on kernel 3.0
El 2011-09-22 a las 15:37 -0300, David Roguin escribió:
(forwarding to the list)
> On Sep 22, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:24:33 -0300, David Roguin wrote:
> >
> >> On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Walter Hurry wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:47:45 -0300, David Roguin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi!
> >>>>
> >>>> Was anyone successfully installed this module on linux image 3.0? I
> >>>> tried to build it last night but he module needs an 'linux/smp_lock.h'
> >>>> which is not present on 3.0
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Which module? Anyway, you need kernel headers to compile kernel
> >>> modules.
> >>>
> >> Module bcm5974-dkms.
> >> I have the kernel header package installed, but that file is no longer
> >> on kernel 3.0 Search of smp_lock.h on stable:
> >> http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=smp_lock.h&mode=path&suite=stable&arch=any
> >>
> >> Same search on testing:
> >> http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=smp_lock.h&mode=path&suite=testing&arch=any
> >
> > If that header file has been dropped from kernel sources then the
> > package module has to be prepared to be compiled against the new kernel.
> >
> > Maybe you can "lie" the installer by fetching that file from another
> > source and dropping it at whatever folder it's looking for.
>
> It may work, unless the kernel has dropped that functionality and now when that module tries to use it, it will blow in tiny pieces :)
>
> D.
Try and see how it goes ;-)
Anyway, it's the package that uses a function that is not available
anymore so you should ask for a package update.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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