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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:03:27 -0500
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
To: "Fabio Venturi" <f.venturi@tdnet.it>
Subject: Re: Problem compiling ath5k
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On Feb 16, 2008 12:29 PM, Fabio Venturi <f.venturi@tdnet.it> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 01:00:39PM +0100, Joachim Frieben wrote:
> > > Hello to the list,
> > > I'd like to try the ath5k kernel module for my Atheros AR2413 Wireless
> > > Card
> > > so I downloaded the compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
> > > I'm running a 2.6.24.2 kernel (the laste stable),
> > > but the compile stage ends immediately:
> > I simply removed ipw2100 from config.mk (I think that was the name ..) in
> > order to skip the build of ipw2100.ko which is ok since I was just
> > interested in the ath5k driver. All other drivers built correctly then.

These issues are being addressed with ipw, essentially we need some
items ported over.

> OK,
> now the driver compile and load without any problem and
> the wlan0 and master0 devices are created.
> There are no error in dmesg, but I can't scan for stations,
> iwlist wlan0 scan
> says there are no active stations.
> Do I need extra modules for scanning?
> I'm using an Atheros AR2413, is this device supposed to work with
> the ath5k module?
> Thank you in advance for any help,

You need to turn your interface up first:

ip link set wlan0 up

Or

ifconfig wlan0 up

  Luis