binutils-2.17.50.0.10 and madwifi-ng

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jarealist · Post by **jarealist** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:44 pm

I've been following the latest binutils snapshots and 2.17.50.0.10 generates the following error message when compiling madwifi-ng:

* Preparing ath_hal module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/build M=/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r4'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/ah_osdep.o
HOSTCC /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/uudecode.o
HOSTLD /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/uudecode
UUDECODE /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/i386-elf.hal.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/if_ath.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/if_ath_pci.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/ath_pci.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/ath_hal.o
/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/i386-elf.hal.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized
make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath/ath_hal.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1/work/madwifi-0.9.2.1/ath] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r4'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Compiles fine with binutils-2.17.50.0.9. Anyone else tried this? I didn't have any other problems recompiling the toolchain or system files.

azdruid · Post by **azdruid** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:47 am

Have a look at that failure line there. Madwifi's HAL is closed source. Sooo, I'm guessing that the binutils folks changed something important in this new beta, and broke something that the HAL linking relied on.

Looks like you're out of luck until a new Madwifi HAL is released, because somehow I doubt the binutils folks will revert a change to accomodate binary blobs.

Thanks for pointing this out though, I use Madwifi; and will consequently be wary of upgrading binutils in the near future!

LoSeR_5150 · Post by **LoSeR_5150** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:59 pm

Strange binutils 2.17.50.0.10 with madwifi-ng 0.9.2 with beyond-sources 2.6.19.20 working perfectly here.

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loser@Hell ~ $ equery list binutils   
[ Searching for package 'binutils' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [ -] sys-devel/binutils-2.17.50.0.10 (0)
[I--] [  ] sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r3 (0)

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[ Searching for package 'madwifi-ng' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.2.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools-0.9.2 (0)

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loser@Hell ~ $ equery list beyond-sources
[ Searching for package 'beyond-sources' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [ ~] sys-kernel/beyond-sources-2.6.19.20 (2.6.19-beyond2)

emerge info:

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loser@Hell ~ $ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2-r4 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-beyond2 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.19-beyond2 x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 175
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:30:02 +0000
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17.50.0.10
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.19.2-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fgcse-after-reload -fno-ident -frename-registers -funswitch-loops -fweb -msse3 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fgcse-after-reload -fno-ident -frename-registers -funswitch-loops -fweb -msse3 -pipe -fno-enforce-eh-specs -fvisibili
ty-inlines-hidden"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=both"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout
=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 artworkextra avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus di
o directfb dlloader dv dvd dvdr dvdread emboss emul-linux-x86 encode fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac fortran ftp gdbm gif glibc-omitfp glut gnom
e gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtstreamer hal iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog ithreads java javascript jpeg kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility ldap libg
++ lm_sensors mad madwifi mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg openal opengl oss pam pcmcia pcre pdf perl png pni 
ppds pppd python quicktime readline reflection sdl session smp spell spl ssl svg symlink tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts
 udev unicode usb videos vorbis wifi xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens13
70 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm a
law asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm 
softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 
mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

jarealist · Post by **jarealist** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm

Thanks LoSeR_5150 for your input. Maybe I'll take a look at it again.

emerge info:

$ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2-r4 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r4 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.13.0_alpha12
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:50:02 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils: 2.17.50.0.9
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.19.2-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
DISTDIR="/storage/packages"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/GENTOO "
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,--hash-style=both"
LINGUAS="en ja"
PKGDIR="/storage/quickpkgs"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa anthy aoss arts asf audiofile berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cjk cli cpudetection cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dhcp divx dlloader dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emovix encode fam fame ffmpeg firefox flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimp glib glibc-omitfp glut gmedia gphoto2 gpm grammar gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal iconv imagemagick imlib immqt-bc ipv6 isdnlog java jikes jpeg kde kdehiddenvisibility kdepim lame lcms ldap libcaca libg++ libvisual live lm_sensors logitech-mouse logrotate lua lzo mad madwifi mailwrapper mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext mng motif mp3 mp4 mp4live mpeg mplayer musepack musicbrainz mysql nas ncurses network nls noamazon nonfsv4 nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl oss pam pcmcia pcre pda pdf perl pmount png postgres ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline real realmedia reflection reiserfs rtc samba scanner sdl session slang slp smime speex spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg svga svgz sylpheed tcltk tcpd theora thesaurus tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vidix vorbis wavpack wifi win32codecs wireshark wma wmf wmp x86 xcomposite xine xml xorg xscreensaver xv zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en ja" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev radeon vesa v4l"
Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

eug2k · Post by **eug2k** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:56 pm

I am having the same problem. Does this mean there is no way to get my wireless (Atheros 5005g) working until madwifi releases a new version?

jarealist · Post by **jarealist** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:06 am

eug2k wrote:

I am having the same problem. Does this mean there is no way to get my wireless (Atheros 5005g) working until madwifi releases a new version?

There is a little more discussion on this topic here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-53 ... ight-.html

Basically, I'm still getting the same error message when trying to compile the latest madwifi-ng snaphot with the latest binutils snapshot (.12).

I was thinking of running this by the madwifi folks, but since this stuff is all pretty fluid maybe I should wait a bit more.