problems with enterasy 802.11DS (David Gibson)

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Tue Mar 18 11:55:56 EST 2003


On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:30:23AM +1000, Ben Southwood wrote:
> 
> 
> David Gibson wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> >>I can't compile newer downloaded drivers as I always get unresolved 
> >>symbol errors..
> >
> >
> >Read the section in the FAQ about MODVERSIONS.
> Mmm... this is what happens when I try to add section to CPPFLAGS 
> (-DMODVERSIONS -include $(KERNEL_SRC)/include/linux/modversions.h)
> 
> i did this:
> CPPFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -DPCMCIA_DEBUG=1 \
>        -DMODVERSIONS -include $(KERNEL_SRC)/include/linux/modversions.h
>        -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB \
>        -I$(KERNEL_HEADERS)
> and when I ran make this happens:
> [root at gilbert orinoco-0.13c]# make
> Makefile:26: *** commands commence before first target.  Stop.

You need a backslash at the end of every line except the last.

> I have tried recompiling kernel a couple of times, but without success. the 
> system hangs when loading initrd.
> >
> >
> >>have tried with orinoco several times to no avail.
> >>
> >>Is it possible that even tho I am using wvlan_cs i could somehow have set 
> >>one of the cards to use ibss? if so how?!
> >
> >
> >I think there are some module paramters for this.  Try port_type=1
> >create_ibss=1.
> >
> Re cards not communicating, (see previous mailing list messages) I have 
> upgraded firmware on cards to 6.06 both cards are showing that proprietory 
> ibss is being used, but still no communication between laptops. could this 
> indicate hardware failure?
> 
> regards
> 
> Ben

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