Bugzilla – Bug 116632
ath_pci doesn't work for WLAN
Last modified: 2007-06-05 10:04:59 UTC
I am using OpenSuSE 10 RC1 (kernel 2.6.13-8-default) on my Laptop. I am trying to connect to the network via WLAN (PCMCIA). I am using $lspci -v [...] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 4b00 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3 Memory at 22000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 The PCMCIA card is detected by the system but when the module ath_pci is loaded this does not work. $dmesg ath_rate_sample: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. ath_rate_sample: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_tx_complete ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_attach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newassoc ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_dynamic_sysctl_register ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_cleanup ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_detach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_init ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_findrate ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newstate ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_setupxtxdesc ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes This should be resolved, particularly as this is not evident to the normal user as the card seems to be detected at first sight. Thank you
All PCI devices get "detected" this way, simply because the bus allows to enumerate all devices. The atheros driver itself is part of the kernel-nongpl package, which is available for download separately