Wi Fi on my laptop
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Fri Nov 21 15:51:14 UTC 2008
Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
>
>
>> On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 05:45 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I gather the kernel driver for this device is un-availium on
>>>>> Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Why? A simple google for "linux AR242x ubuntu" says it is
>>>> available, though perhaps not yet in a deb.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's available from a web page as a tar ball. Not for apt-get
>>> yet.
>>>
>>
>> Which is odd, openSuSE 11.0 shipped with the ath5k, a good 6 months
>> ago.
>>
>
> $ dlocate ath5k.ko
> linux-image-2.6.26-5-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.26-5-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko
>
> The odd thing here is that I'm running the 2.6.26 kernel I ran with
> Hardy because my e100 driver doesn't always reset properly after
> hibernate in 2.6.27. But my 2.6.27 kernel _doesn't_ contain ath5k.ko
>
But my laptop 2.6.27 now has a module ath5k.ko which I compiled for it.
Karl
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