Re: Use madwifi on Atheros AR9285?

Quoting Xiaowei <[email protected]>:

> I'm using ubuntu 9.10 with 2.6.31 kernel, Atheros AR 9285 wireless card.

AR9285 is not supported by MadWifi.  Somebody posted a patch for it,  
but it wasn't applied.

> /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_monitor.h:45,
>                  from /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c:71:
> /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/../ath/if_athvar.h:98: error: conflicting types
> for 'irqreturn_t'

Build fixed were made in the Subversion repository.  Current snapshots  
should compile correctly.

> PS: Ticket #2391 has patch for madwifi trunk 4122 and ANI support for AR9285
> http://madwifi-project.org/ticket/2391
> but the trunk I use is 4144.

Yes, that what I mean.

> There's also a saying "There is no way to support AR9285 or any new hardware
> in the madwifi-0.9.4 branch since it has a non-free HAL that cannot be
> patched. " Is this true?

Yes.

> And in madwifi wiki/Compatibility/Atheros,
> http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros#AtherosAR928XakaAR5009
> at the bottom, it says that Atheros AR928X chipsets usually works well with
> ath9k driver. So could this be the reason that madwifi doesn't work on my
> laptop with AR9285 wireless network adapter?

Yes, the development of MadWifi stopped because Atheros chipsets are  
better supported by ath5k and ath9k drivers.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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