ath_pci instead of ath5k returns ath_pci module not found

Antonio Olivares olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 17 16:43:04 UTC 2007


Dear all,

I have removed ath5k from /etc/modules.conf in loading
at boot, but ath_pci is also bombing out, how should I
enable wireless on this machine?

lspci returns

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications,
Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
(rev 01)

which madwifi.9.3.X worked for fedora 7 test releases,
now wireless does not work.  

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111,
RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.2)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2)
kobject_add failed for ath_pci with -EEXIST, don't try
to register things with the same name in the same
directory.
 [<c0406463>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f
 [<c0406e4d>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
 [<c0406e65>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
 [<c04fea54>] kobject_shadow_add+0x164/0x192
 [<c04fea8c>] kobject_add+0xa/0xc
 [<c04feb6e>] kobject_register+0x1c/0x31
 [<c057600f>] bus_add_driver+0x5c/0x181
 [<c0576bc3>] driver_register+0x67/0x6c
 [<c050d561>] __pci_register_driver+0x56/0x83
 [<f8a58038>] init_ath_pci+0x38/0x58 [ath_pci]
 [<c0451f48>] sys_init_module+0x13c4/0x1520
 [<c040522e>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
 =======================
ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed.
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2)
kobject_add failed for ath_pci with -EEXIST, don't try
to register things with the same name in the same
directory.
 [<c0406463>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f
 [<c0406e4d>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
 [<c0406e65>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
 [<c04fea54>] kobject_shadow_add+0x164/0x192
 [<c04fea8c>] kobject_add+0xa/0xc
 [<c04feb6e>] kobject_register+0x1c/0x31
 [<c057600f>] bus_add_driver+0x5c/0x181
 [<c0576bc3>] driver_register+0x67/0x6c
 [<c050d561>] __pci_register_driver+0x56/0x83
 [<f8a58038>] init_ath_pci+0x38/0x58 [ath_pci]
 [<c0451f48>] sys_init_module+0x13c4/0x1520
 [<c040522e>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
 =======================
ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed

Thanks,

Antonio 

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