2009/2/19 Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:06:13 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > > > I would love to hear from someone who managed a gentoo install on a 4G > > SSHD with the onboard Atheros wifi chipset;also the ethernet would be > > nice, it uses the L1e Gigabit chip, another Atheros product. > > Use a 2.6.28 kernel and enable ATH5K for wireless and ATL2 for wired. > > > I'm using a 2.6.26 kernel without ATH5K enabled for an Atheros wireless LAN card.
I'm using madwifi drivers straight from the madwifi project, and you can see my simple instructions for installation at http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=14920 This may not be as good a suggestion as the former, so I don't post it in contradiction, but just as extra information. My method works with kernels at least as old at 2.6.20 ~daid
