On 13/08/2009, Tosh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/08/09 11:06, Renato Callado Borges wrote: > > > Hello Toshaan! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have some difficulties in installing a wireless adapter on my > Toshiba > > > > > laptop which is equipped with a Atheros AR5007eg . I don't know why, > but I > > > > > can't install the newest version of madwifi. Any instruction? I have > > > > > installed SL 5.3. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe this CentOS forum post would help: > > > > > > > > > https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=19968&forum=39&post_id=75582#forumpost75582 > > > > > > > > > > > would it be easier to just add elrepo and install kmod-ath5k > > > I know you work on the repository and if I remember well, Dag has > > > tested this particular wireless chipset with the kmod package > > > Instructions to install elrepo : > http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php > > > package details : http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-ath5k > > > you might need to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf (or > > > is this done automatically) > > > alias wlan0 ath5k > > > > > > > I'm new to SL, old to linux, and I'm trying to help the poster detect his > card. From his lspci output, I know his chipset is AR242x, and that this one > needs the ath5k module. > > > > > > > From the linux wireless pages, I know that the ath5k module is in the > 2.6.25 and later kernels. > > > > > > > My questions are: which version is the SL 5.3 kernel, and does it have the > ath5k precompiled? > > > > In summary, I'm confident loading the ath5k module will solve the problem, > but I'm not sure which is 'the SL way' of doing this. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > You would seem to have 3 choices : > 1) keep the current kernel of 2.6.18-128.xxx and manually load the madwifi > driver (I recommend madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6) > 2) keep the current kernel of 2.6.18-128.xxx and install kmod from elrepo, > which is a "backport" of the new kernel module introduced by Redhat for > rhel5.4 (and will be for centos5.4 and sl5.4) > 3) download dzickus kernel with precompiled ath5k module (I suggest to stay > under 155, this seems to be the version in the beta, so it might end up > being the next kernel in 5.4) > > I personally think you may want to stay with the official kernel of SL and > just use the elrepo kmod > I think this would be considered to be the "SL way"
As the packager of kmod-ath5k for ELRepo, I would like to assist by clarifying (2), above. The ath5k kmod is functionally identical to the subsystem present in RHEL 5.4beta kernel (which is Don Zickus' kernel-2.6.18-155.el5) and is the code that will appear in RHEL 5.4 & its derivatives (SL 5.4 / CentOS 5.4). One other important point to note is that the mac80211 subsystem was re-written for RHEL 5.4beta. As ath5k depends upon mac80211, invoking a "yum --enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-ath5k" command will also install the kmod-mac80211 package as a dependant. If anyone wishes to manually install the kmod-ath5k package from ELRepo, they should also download the matching kmod-mac80211 package and install both with a "rpm -ivh kmod-ath5k*.rpm kmod-mac80211*.rpm" type of command line. Alan.
