Re: wifi0/ath0 not listed under ifconfig

On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 22:04 +0200, ielix wrote:
> Madwifi-users,
>  
> I have just installed slackware 13.1 on a samsung r580 with an atheros
> Ar 9285 card in it.

AR9285 is not supported by MadWifi yet.  A patch was posted here:
http://madwifi-project.org/ticket/2391

I think you are much better off using ath9k for your hardware.  MadWifi
is not actively maintained anymore.
 
> I then downloaded the latest version of madwifi-ng using svn checkout
> http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng. 
> make and make install complete without errors. However after issuing
> modprobe ath_pci, wifi0/ath0 are still not listed under ifconfig or
> iwconfig.

That's because the PCI ID of AR9285 is not present in the ath_pci module
compiled from unpatched sources.
 
> lsmod |grep ath lists ath_pci, wlan and ath_hal as having been
> installed properly. Howver I have noticed that they do not load during
> start up. 

The reason is probably the same.  You don't have hardware supported by
MadWifi on your system.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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