bcm43xx modprobe issues

[rocketship]

I've managed to sort through emerging the bcm43xx driver, fwcutting the firmware, but now when I try

modprobe bcm43xx

I get the following warnings and finally error messages:

WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211softmac (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/net/ieee80211/ieee80211softmac.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting bcm43xx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/net/wireless/bcm43xx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Any ideas? I'm on a Dell D600 laptop with a Dell mini-pci wireless card.

Thanks.[/quote]

ps - dmesg reads: [long quote here]

ieee80211_crypt: Unknown symbol add_preempt_count
ieee80211_crypt: Unknown symbol debug_smp_processor_id
ieee80211_crypt: Unknown symbol sub_preempt_count
ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_deinit_entries
ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_deinit_handler
ieee80211: Unknown symbol add_preempt_count
ieee80211: Unknown symbol debug_smp_processor_id
ieee80211: Unknown symbol sub_preempt_count
ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_quiescing
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol add_preempt_count
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol wireless_send_event
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol sub_preempt_count
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_rate
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_auth
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211softmac
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_trigger_scan
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_auth
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_scan_results
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_start
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol add_preempt_count
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_essid
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_wap
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_essid
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_wap
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol sub_preempt_count
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_genie
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_stop
bcm43xx: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211softmac

[McClie]

If you are happy using release candidate kernels the advice is to use the bcm driver in the 2.6.17rc kernel.

I think that you need to turn off ieee80211 in the 2.6.16 kernel for the module to work, but this is from memory, as I use the 2.6.17 kernel approach. This driver does not work with 2.6.15 kernel.
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[rocketship]

Thanks - that's looking to be the easiest course of action.