Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

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