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Archive => 15.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: shaqan on May 02, 2015, 02:55:37 am

Title: Atheros wireless driver
Post by: shaqan on May 02, 2015, 02:55:37 am

Could you import Atheros WLAN driver from 11-CURRENT?

It would help with 802.11na (5Ghz "n").

At the moment getting

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May 2 00:51:49    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:49    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:49    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:49    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:38    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:38    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:38    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:38    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:27    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:27    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called
May 2 00:51:27    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:27    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetCTSTimeout: called
May 2 00:51:16    kernel: ar9300_Stub_GetAntennaSwitch: called

into syslog.. WLAN card I'm trying to use is Atheros AR9580

Title: Re: Atheros wireless driver
Post by: franco on May 03, 2015, 09:30:40 pm

If it has been applied to 10-STABLE we can merge it into a future kernel, but if not the network interface API change from 10 to 11 makes it hard to simply drop it in without help.