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Subject: Re: ath compile error on releng_5
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JoaoBR wrote:
> seems the ath_hal source on releng_5 is i386 and does not compile as module 
> neither as kernel configuration on amd64
> 
> ath compiles as module but can not be loaded (exec error)
> 
> I suppose this is a known issue or some needs details?
> 
> ld  -d -warn-common -r -d -o ath_hal.ko hal.o ah_osdep.o
> ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf32-i386-freebsd 
> (hal.o) to format elf64-x86-64 (ath_hal.ko) is not supported
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/ath_hal.

releng5 only has i386 support I believe.  Trying to use a 32-bit build 
in a 64-bit kernel will not work.  I'm not sure what you're trying to do 
but wireless support in releng5 is unlikely to be very satisfying; 
switch to releng6.

	Sam