Comment 1 for bug 130665

I can confirm this on a powerpc with an up to date installation of gutsy.
The modules do load properly with a 2.6.20 kernel.

This is from a recent /var/log/kern.log

Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 64.397733] ttyS0 at MMIO 0x80013020 (irq = 22) is a Z85c30 ESCC - Serial port
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 64.404714] ttyS1 at MMIO 0x80013000 (irq = 29) is a Z85c30 ESCC - Serial port
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.108081] wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.1)
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.123284] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.124338] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.126078] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.127740] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.128823] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.130976] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.133564] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.134958] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_reg_write
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.135834] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_reg_read
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 65.136792] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 67.261811] apm_emu: PMU APM Emulation initialized.
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 68.265613] input: PowerMac Beep as /class/input/input5
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 68.471690] usbcore: registered new interface driver wacom
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 68.472491] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c: v1.46:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 68.633492] SCSI subsystem initialized
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.050107] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.051023] NET: Registered protocol family 31
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.051746] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.052525] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.101175] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.2
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.101932] Bluetooth: HCI H4 protocol initialized
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.102683] Bluetooth: HCI BCSP protocol initialized
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.132550] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.133638] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.135526] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.137253] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.138392] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.140698] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.143493] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.144974] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_reg_write
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.145862] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_reg_read
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.146782] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.308943] fuse init (API version 7.8)
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.575686] snd-aoa-codec-tas: found 'deq' node
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.575707] snd-aoa-codec-tas: failed to attach to i2c
Aug 8 13:08:38 myrna kernel: [ 69.717678] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8

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dlocate -l linux-image linux-restricted madwifi|grep ^ii

ii linux-image-2.6.20-15-powerpc-smp 2.6.20-15.27 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20 on 32-bit PowerPC SMP
ii linux-image-2.6.22-9-powerpc 2.6.22-9.25 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.22 on 32-bit PowerPC
ii linux-image-2.6.22-9-powerpc-smp 2.6.22-9.25 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.22 on 32-bit PowerPC SMP
ii linux-image-powerpc 2.6.22.9.10 Linux kernel image on PowerPC.
ii linux-image-powerpc-smp 2.6.22.9.10 Linux kernel image on PowerPC SMP.
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-1 2.6.20.5-15.20 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on PowerPC SMP
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-9 2.6.22.2-9.7 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on PowerPC
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-9 2.6.22.2-9.7 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on PowerPC SMP
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.22.2-9.7 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules helper script
ii linux-restricted-modules-powerpc 2.6.22.9.10 Restricted Linux modules on PowerPC.
ii linux-restricted-modules-powerpc- 2.6.22.9.10 Restricted Linux modules on PowerPC SMP.
ii madwifi-tools 1:0.9.3+dfsg-1 tools for the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi
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I just don't get the bug process. Is this enough to change the status to "confirmed"?

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