Bug#463353: madwifi-source: cannot build with 2.6.24-1-686

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Kel Modderman, Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:02:00PM +1000 |=-
> On Thursday 31 January 2008 20:41:00 Stephen Gran wrote:
> > Just to let you know, 2.6.24 (in Debian - 2.6.25 for vanilla kernel) is
> > shipping the ath5k module, which is AIUI replacing madwifi.  I don't know
> > if that affects your plans, but I wanted to be sure you were aware of it.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Madwifi, unfortunately, will still be in demand for a short while, so while
> I'll be supporting its removal from Debian archive (and my todo list) ASAP,
> will still try and provide a service for some users who require it until ath5k
> is able to satisfy their requirements in the meantime.

I tried 2.6.24 as soon as it appeared on my mirror and was very excited
about ath5k. "Wow! The last non-free driver from my laptop is gone!" I
thought.

Unfortunatelly, although the driver loads OK and there are no errors,
"iwlist ath0 scan" shows no results. It behaves as if the radio is
turned off (but the radio light on the laptop is on).

Perhas this will get fixed in 2.6.25, but until this happens, I'd like
to use the other goodies in 2.6.24 *and* the wireless card :)
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