Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:18789 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933213AbZGPUUn (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:20:43 -0400 Subject: Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?) From: Pavel Roskin To: Jon Fairbairn Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1247762215.4235.21.camel@mj> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:20:41 -0400 Message-Id: <1247775641.6841.16.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin