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[jap1968 <jap1968@xxxxxxxx>]

This is the part od dmesg related to the wireless after disabling
(blacklisted) the ath_pci module on the Asus Eee PC 701:

[   23.922197] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[   23.922221] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   23.922283] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[   23.926676] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
[   24.207050] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
...
[   30.642164] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Confirmed
Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules

The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :)