linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: fix b43 compilation

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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:56:43 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Broadcom Linux <bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: fix b43 compilation

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 18:33:58 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 August 2007 11:06, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc3/2.6.23-rc3-mm1/
> > 
> > - git-ixgbe.patch got dropped - git-net.patch destroyed it
> > 
> > - then git-net got dropped as it doesn't work
> 
> Apparently, the b43 driver is expecting another version of mac80211.
> 
> This patch fixes the compilation, but I'm not sure what about the
> functionality. ;-)

There seems to be a screwup somehow.
These mac80211 API functions were recently changed to include
the additional parameter. So it seems you carry an old version of mac80211.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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