[ath9k-devel] development of the ath9k driver for linux

["Léonard Kai Schönitz" <leonard.kai.schoenitz@gmail.com>]

Am Montag, 1. September 2008 19.08:10 schrieb micha:
> hello linux-specialists,
>
> i am a linux greenhorn and tried to download and konfig the beta-driver
> onto my laptop working with ubuntu 8.04.1 "hardy heron".
>
> it took me about 7 hours, trying to get my damned WLAN-Adapter working.
> finally... i gave up and went for a couple of beers. i have the Atheros
> Communications Inc. AR5418 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev
> 01)
>
> not only all the (for a fairly experienced win xp user) new commands,
> also the install routine seems to be pretty complicated.
>
> is it possible to build this beta-driver into an automatic install
> routine like many other drivers in ubuntu?
>
> that would make my life much easier. ;-)
>
> thanks for listening to me, folks.
>
> regards from germany,
>
> michael swoboda
>
>
>
>
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You probably don't want that beta driver anyway. It still seems to be a bit 
unstable. The SVN branch of madwifi-ng supports your card. I think this would 
be the better choice to go for you. You have to install subversion over your 
apt and then check out this branch: 
"svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi"
cd to the dir, make; make install; modprobe ath_pci and there you go.


L?onard Sch?nitz
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