Bug#390787: Unusable: "ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol <lots of symbols>"

[Chip Salzenberg]

Package: madwifi-source
Version: 1:0.9.2+r1710.20060914-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

The drivers seem to build OK for kernel 2.6.16-2-686, but when I try to
actually use them, I get a raft of "disagrees about version of symbol"
reports, and some of the modules in the package refuse to load.  To wit:

Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3)
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3)
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_rate_tx_complete
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_tx_complete
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_encap
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_encap
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_input
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_ifattach
Oct  2 18:35:54 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifattach
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_beacon_update
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_update
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_find_channel
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_find_channel
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_find_rxnode
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_find_rxnode
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_rate_attach
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_attach
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_vap_setup
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_vap_setup
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_ifdetach
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifdetach
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_free_node
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_free_node
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_input_monitor
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input_monitor
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_rate_newassoc
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newassoc
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypto_newkey
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_newkey
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypto_setkey
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_setkey
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_rate_dynamic_proc_register
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_dynamic_proc_register
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_dump_pkt
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dump_pkt
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_ioctl_create_vap
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ioctl_create_vap
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_dfs_test_return
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dfs_test_return
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_stop_running
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_stop_running
Oct  2 18:35:55 kernel: ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_cipher_none

... and so on.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages madwifi-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.3-6    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     5.0.37.3   helper programs for debian/rules
ii  module-assistant              0.10.6     tool to make module package creati

madwifi-source recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information