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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:59:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: Makefile deletes previous driver install when two WiFi interfaces
 are from the same chip vendor
From: Fred Plissonneau <cohomewp4@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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From: Fred Plissonneau <cohomewp4@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org


Anyone can help ?

Thanks

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:19 PM, ch wp4 <cohomewp4@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am facing an issue during installation of an external USB-WiFi stick
> on my Linux box (Ubuntu 10.04).
> Actually, I have already successfully compiled and installed ath9k
> driver using compat-wireless-2.6.38.2-2.
> The internal WiFi NIC is fully operational.
> Now, I want to add temporarily an external USB-WiFi stick (D-Link DWA
> 160). I've found that this hardware
> is using an ar9170 chipset and therefore I've recompiled
> compat-wireless targeting now the carl9170 driver.
> Once again, this working perfectly.
> But when I switch-off and back on my PC, only the latest installed
> WiFi interface is working.
>
> Digging into the system, I've found that ath9k has disappeared from the
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-27-generic/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath directory.
> It looks like the 'make install' command is doing some cleaning which
> has, in my particular use case, an undesirable
> side-effect.
> Can someone point me to the line in the Makefile causing this problem
> or is it the desired behaviour ?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Fred Plissonneau
>