compat-wireless drivers

[jpeters]

Replacing wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tczm with the compat-wireless drivers got my 802-11A connection working, Note the "ath" folder:  

lib/modules/2.6.29.1-tinycore/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/ar9170usb.ko
lib/modules/2.6.29.1-tinycore/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
lib/modules/2.6.29.1-tinycore/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
lib/modules/2.6.29.1-tinycore/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download#Download_latest_Linux_wireless_drivers

edit: lsmod:

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ath5k                  93848  0
mac80211              106056  1 ath5k
ath                     5228  1 ath5k
cfg80211               49524  3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
rfkill_backport         7656  1 cfg80211

edit: drivers submitted:  wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore_mod.tczm

[lucky13]

Has anyone had success with the ath5k module in this extension (or with any other distro) with the Atheros 2425 chip (e. g., Acer Aspire One)? I just had another timeout issue, which now means I've timed out once each with the two wireless 2.6.29.1 module extensions. I've followed the bugzillas and know that the module is under "active" development with frequent reports of this issue for nearly a year.

I'd link to my blog with dmesg, etc., but I re-read the TOS yesterday and I have quite a bit of profanity about how buggy this quadruple-bleeping piece of bleep module is. I feel bad enough with that "newbie" tag near my name, I don't want to get banned for a linking where there's naughty words.

In a nutshell, dmesg shows a flood of messages like the following:

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wlan0: no probe response from AP yy.yy.yy.yy.yy.yy - disassociating
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
__ratelimit: 17 callbacks suppressed
I'm using ath5k and connecting via WPA. Everything's fine for the first couple hours. Today's timeout came just shy of four hours uptime. Does anyone have any solutions short of (a) living with such a buggy driver, (b) waiting for a more stable one, (c) reverting to madwifi, or (d) only running Linux for an hour or two at a time? Note "use WEP instead of WPA" is not an option.

EDIT: Have any other Aspire One owners had better success with madwifi+WPA?

[bmarkus]

You may try a Windows driver with ndiswrapper. I do not have such a machine, but this link can help:

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/2008/07/10/acer-aspire-one-windows-xp-vista-drivers/

[lucky13]

You may try a Windows driver with ndiswrapper. I do not have such a machine, but this link can help:

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/2008/07/10/acer-aspire-one-windows-xp-vista-drivers/

Trying to stay away from ndis if I can. I'm using madwifi now on the suggestion of someone who left a comment on my blog. Still open to suggestions from anyone who's used ath5k/madwifi with this card or one of the others supported by these drivers. Thanks.

[lucky13]

Never mind. I give up with this card under Linux. I've had nothing but trouble with ath5k and now madwifi-hal timed out at approximately four hours up earlier this morning. Took three reboots (tried once in TC, twice in Windows after suspending a couple times there) for the damn card to even get detected by either OS again -- same kind of trouble I had with ath5k+WPA for lengthier periods of time.

http://lucky13linux.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/aa1-madwifi-hal-wpa-fail/

I don't consider "don't use WPA" or "reboot every hour or so" workarounds.

[jpeters]

Never mind. I give up with this card under Linux.

Excellent solution. I've stocked up on Netgear WAG511 cards just for linux.