On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Ali Corbin <ali.cor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:04 PM, drew wymore <drew.wym...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Plug, > > I'm working with moblin which is fedora/ubuntu like so I figure this > might > > be the best place to ask. I have an atheros chipset which is causing the > > system to lock up, it's reproduceable with a few moves in the moblin UI. > I > > have an alternate kernel module I have built and it will run on the > system, > > however the ath5k/ath9k drivers are built in to the kernel and are being > > used by the system. Rolling my own kernel is an option but I'd rather try > > and avoid it right now. What is the fedora/ubuntu way of forcing the > system > > to use a module instead of whats built in to the kernel for driver > support > > for a given piece of hardware? I've tried aliasing the network interface > in > > modprobe.conf but not getting any joy with it. Google so far has failed > me. > > > I assume that you've put the module in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/somewhere. > Do you get an error if you try to modprobe it in from the command line? > Ali > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Ali, The module actually loads and runs fine but the built in support in the kernel is being used, so ath5k isn't listed as a module since it's built statically in the kernel itself rather than modular. So, I need to get it to stop using the built in support and using the module I load. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
