Pavel Roskin <[email protected]> writes:
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 09:02 +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
>
>> I've seen adverts for the Abit WLP-01, and elsewhere on the net seen
>> implications that it's 168c:001c, which isn't listed at
>> <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/PCI>, but
>> <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k> does list it and
>> says AP mode not working, but mentions
>> <http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Abit>, which suggest AP
>> mode works with madwifi. What's the current status?
>
> ath5k will support the AP mode in Linux 2.6.31. It's already in Linux
> 2.6.31-rc3.
Ah, thanks for that. Three questions arise:
Are the pci ids quoted above recognised as needing ath5k?
Is the WLP-01 really ath5k/really have those ids?
The distro I'm using (fedora 11) has 2.6.29 -- will the relevant modules
build for that, or would I have to build a whole 2.6.31?
Thanks.
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Jón Fairbairn [email protected]
On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:01 +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
> Ah, thanks for that. Three questions arise:
>
> Are the pci ids quoted above recognised as needing ath5k?
Yes, 168c:001c is served by ath5k.
> Is the WLP-01 really ath5k/really have those ids?
The Abit site had only one driver for WLP-01. There are references that
some WLP-01 devices use Atheros chipset. Thus we conclude that all
WLP-01 use Atheros chipset, or there would be more that one driver.
The Atheros PCI ID is 168c. Search on Google for "WLP-01 168c" without
quotes finds 001c everywhere. So it should work with ath5k.
I cannot guarantee anything, but I think chances are very high.
> The distro I'm using (fedora 11) has 2.6.29 -- will the relevant modules
> build for that, or would I have to build a whole 2.6.31?
You can build compat-wireless, which includes the latest ath5k driver
backported from the wireless-testing kernel. Alternatively, you can
build madwifi (be sure to use the trunk snapshot).
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin