[elrepo] ath9k firmware not working on kernel 2.6.32-279.1.1

Phil Perry phil at elrepo.org
Mon Aug 13 18:14:28 EDT 2012


On 13/08/12 17:32, Andrew Walker wrote:
> The updated packages don't work for me.
>
> My testing procedure was as follows:
>
> 1) update kmod compat-wireless to the version in the testing repository
> 2) reboot
> 3) modprobe -r ath9k_htc (run as root)
> 4) modprobe ath9k_htc (run as root)
>
> iwconfig does not show any wireless devices.
>
> I found the following in /var/log/messages
>
> "Aug 13 21:14:26 awalker kernel: usb 1-2.4: ath9k_htc: Failed to get
> firmware htc_9271.fw
> Aug 13 21:14:26 awalker kernel: usb 1-2.4: ath9k_htc: USB layer
> deinitialized"
>
>

OK, that's not good. I assume the ath9k_htc-firmware package is still 
installed.

Thanks for testing Andrew.



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