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I got myself an AMD-based Acer notebook recently. The wireless chip |
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shows up under lspci -v as... |
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06:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless |
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Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) |
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Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e01f |
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Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 |
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Memory at d0300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] |
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Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 |
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Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- |
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Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 |
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Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked- |
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Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting |
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Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?> |
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Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 |
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I checked Google and the Gentoo wiki for the proper kernel config. |
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Just one problem... the docs I could find were for older kernels. I'm |
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running 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 and the options layout is quite different from |
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what I see in the docs. Here's what I've set in "make menuconfig", |
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based on gut feeling... |
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--- Wireless |
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<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API |
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[ ] nl80211 testmode command |
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[ ] enable developer warnings |
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[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging |
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[*] enable powersave by default |
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[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries |
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[ ] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility |
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<*> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers |
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[ ] lib80211 debugging messages (NEW) |
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<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) |
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Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) ---> |
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[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support |
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[*] Enable LED triggers |
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[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS |
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[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features ---> |
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And a couple of levels deep under "Device drivers", I've selected... |
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<*> Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support |
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Does it look OK, or would anyone recommend changes? BTW, I'm running |
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pure 64-bit mode. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |