Unresolved dependencies for alx module (from sys-kernel/compat-drivers-3.8-r1)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. layman -s pentoo
2. emerge compat-drivers
3. modprobe alx

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

- Module should load but I see this instead:

# modprobe alx
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'alx': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown 
parameter (see dmesg)
# dmesg | grep alx
alx: Unknown symbol mdio_mii_ioctl (err 0)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

- Gentoo with latest stable tree
- Pentoo overlay
- sys-kernel/compat-drivers-3.8-r1

# uname -a
Linux epitome 3.7.10-gentoo #10 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 11 10:11:32 MDT 2013 x86_64 
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2365M CPU @ 1.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.

- This is apparently an upstream bug: 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/backports/msg00402.html
- There should probably be a check for CONFIG_MDIO when preparing the ebuild

Original issue reported on code.google.com by holol...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2013 at 9:05

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you should not install the older version on currently stable 3.9 kernel

Original comment by blshkv on 21 Aug 2013 at 9:13

• Changed state: Invalid

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this module is available on the current stable kernel and to be honest I was 
about to remove this module because the pre-acceptance version we have has some 
issues (like the one noted in this bug)

Original comment by sidhayn on 22 Aug 2013 at 12:30