https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474186
User mhatch@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474186#c24
--- Comment #24 from Matthew Hatch 2009-03-31 10:04:46 MDT ---
Hubert,
Trying the compat-wireless drivers isn't terribly difficult, and there is no
risk of rendering your only machine unusable.
First, download the package that Jiri provided. Then 'tar xvf
compat-wireless-2009-03-30-2.6.27.19-default.tar.bz2' to extract it. Then, as
root, change into the newly created compat-wireless-2009-03-30 directory.
You'll see two directories under this: "drivers" and "net". We want to copy
these directories into the "updates" directory in your module path. You can do
so by running:
"cp -a drivers net /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/"
Once copied, unload all of the wireless modules and reload them. The easiest
way to do this in your case would probably be to reboot the machine. When it
comes back up, it will load the new modules automatically.
If the new modules don't work for you, remove them by deleting the drivers and
net directories in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates and reboot again. It will
then load the old modules that were already there.
Of course, the easiest way to do all of this, in my opinion, is download the
compat-wireless code directly from wireless.kernel.org and compile it yourself.
You need to have gcc and your kernel source installed, but issuing 'make' and
'make install' is a lot easier than copying the files manually, and 'make
unload' and 'modprobe ath5k' is a lot faster than rebooting.
I hope that helps.
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