<span class="post-normal">I upgraded to 2.6.32-279.1.1 and my wireless quit working. Here's the gist of the problem:<br><br></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class="post-normal">(1) I'm using a USB wifi adapter identified via lsusb as "Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n"</span><br>
<span class="post-normal"></span><span class="post-normal">(2)
I have compat-wireless and the relevant firmware installed via elrepo.
(kmod-compat-wireless-3.3-2.n.el6.elrepo and
ath9k_htc-firmware-1.3-1.el6.elrepo)</span><br><span class="post-normal"></span><span class="post-normal">(3) Wireless is working under kernel 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64</span><br><span class="post-normal"></span><span class="post-normal">(4)
When I am running 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64 and type "modprobe ath9k" I
get a message that basically says "invalid module format". (I forgot to
save the output - I can upload it at a later time if needed).</span><br><span class="post-normal"></span><span class="post-normal">(5) I can't use the ML kernel because it causes problems with video output to my secondary monitor.</span><br>
<br></div>This problem seems to be the same as the one posted here: <a href="http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=285">http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=285</a><br><br>Has any progress been made to resolve this issue? <br>
I'm a fairly new linux user. Is there anything inherently dangerous (from a security and stability standpoint) in using the older kernel until this bug is fixed?<br><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class="post-normal"></span></div>