Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Mazzhe
Hi, I tried to load i2c-algo-bit: # modprobe i2c-algo-bit i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo (owned by compat) ERROR: Could not insert 'i2c_algo_bit'; Exec format error A search on the web gave me an advice, by talking about module 'alx' : I added this module myself, in order

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 10:09 +0100, Mazzhe wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to load i2c-algo-bit: > > # modprobe i2c-algo-bit > i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo (owned by compat) > ERROR: Could not insert 'i2c_algo_bit'; Exec format error > > A search on the web gave me an advice, by t

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Camaleón
Ben, I experienced the same problem with brcmsmac (complete details and logs are on the kernel backports mailing list¹). Also, after running "make install" the intel driver was replaced by VESA and gnome-shell failed to load as a result of installing the compat-drivers ("make uninstall" revert

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > Ben, > > I experienced the same problem with brcmsmac (complete details and logs > are on the kernel backports mailing list¹). Also, after running > "make install" the intel driver was replaced by VESA and gnome-shell > failed to load as a re

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Camaleón
El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote: (...) > > Using Debian's stock network driver is not an option for me (full report > > available here²) so I have to try with the latests drivers but now that > > "compat-drivers" are

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: > > > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > > > > Using Debian's stock network driver is not an option for me (full report > > > available here²) so I have to t

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Camaleón
El 2013-03-17 a las 18:17 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > > Talk to the compat-drivers developers. > > > > To be sincere, I don't think that's a user's role. > > > > I don't know what's going on with these drivers but if they are not > >

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
[Re-sending to the correct list address.] On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: > > > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > > > > Using Debian's stock network driver is not an option for me (full re

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-20 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > [Re-sending to the correct list address.] > > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: >> El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: >> >> > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote: >> >> (...) >> >> > > Usin

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 02:07 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > [Re-sending to the correct list address.] > > > > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > >> El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +, Ben Hutchings escribió: > >> > >> > On

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-20 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 02:07 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> > [Re-sending to the correct list address.] >> > >> > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camaleón wrote: >> >> El 2013-03

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 08:50 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 02:07 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: [...] > >> We have been using compat_ for a while now to prefix a lot of our > >> symbols without clashes for the 32-6

Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ?

2013-03-26 Thread Camaleón
2013/3/20 Ben Hutchings : > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 08:50 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: (...) >> Sure, let me know what you think of the proposed posted changes. > > All looked fine to me, but I'm not that familiar with the compat-drivers > code base. Just a few lines to say thank you all and to