Hallo,

I tried to configure a wlan card with ath5k on linux, but it is not possible to 
change the mode from "managed" to "ad-hoc".

>iwconfig wlan1 mode ad-hoc

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan1 ; Device or resource busy.



the running kernel is 2.6.24-1-amd64.


Here are some further details:


16:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 
Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 1042
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: ath5k





-==Device Information==-
MAC Version: 5212 (0x50)
MAC Revision: 5213A (0x59)
PHY Revision: 5112a (0x36)
-==EEPROM Information==-
EEPROM Version: 4.8
EEPROM Size: 16K
Regulatory Domain: 0x0
-==== Capabilities ====-
| 802.11a Support: yes |
| 802.11b Support: yes |
| 802.11g Support: yes |
| RFKill Support: no |
| 32KHz Crystal: yes |
========================
GPIO registers: CR 00000000 DO 00000000 DI 00000000
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