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Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:15:28 -0400
From: James <bjlockie@lockie.ca>
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Subject: Re: did my hardware die?
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On 09/17/11 19:48, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 09/17/2011 06:22 PM, James wrote:
>> On 09/17/11 18:40, James wrote:
>>> Does it mean my hardware died since dmesg shows nothing related to ath?
>>>
>>> # dmesg | grep ath
>>>
>>> # lspci
>>> 02:09.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless
>>> Network Adapter (rev 01)
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>> Kernel 3.6.36.4 sees the hardware:
>>
>> ath9k 0000:02:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> 
>> IRQ 18
>> ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x10
>> ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
>> ath: Country alpha2 being used: CO
>> ath: Regpair used: 0x10
>> ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
>> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
>>
>> Kernel-3.0.4 does not.
>
> What are the PCI ID's for that device? That comes from 'lspci -nn'.
>
> What is the source of your 3.0.4 kernel?
>
> Larry
I recompiled 3.0.4 and it works.
I took out ath9k debugging (and maybe other stuff) and put it back.
I got the kernel directly from kernel.org a while ago.