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[Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

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From: Marijn Schouten <M.Schouten@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:02:45 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 182489 <182489@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Tested Intrepid alpha6 on an Acer laptop with the AR5007EG/AR2425
wireless chipset but it didn't work. Neither with ath5k or ath_pci. The
included HAL for ath_pci is too old; at least 0.10.5.6 is needed, not
the current 0.9 version.

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
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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 :)