[CentOS] how to install Atheros AR5008 on CentOS 5.5 in console-only mode?

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote:
>
>> scanpci -v shows the card isn't recognized:
>>
>> pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x168c device 0x0023
>>  Atheros Communications, Inc.  Device unknown
>
> Luckily, you just showed the vendor:device ID pairing of your card by
> the above command (168c:0023).  You can confirm this by this
> one-liner:
>
> for BUSID in $(/sbin/lspci | awk '{ IGNORECASE=1 } /net/ { print $1
> }'); do /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -m; /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -n; done
>
> Using the pair, I see:
>
> $ grep -i 168c /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 0023
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.3.1.el5/modules.alias:alias
> pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ath9k
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5/modules.alias:alias
> pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ath9k
>
> Looks like the ath9k driver in the kernel supports your device.  For
> more details, please see #4 of ELRepo FAQ:
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ
>
> Akemi
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Hi Akemi,

I'm not sure this is the correct driver.


[root at intranet ~]#  /sbin/lspci | grep -i net
01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008
Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
01:01.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

[root at intranet ~]# /sbin/lspci -n | grep '01:00.0'
01:00.0 0280: 168c:0023 (rev 01)


Acording to this output, I should see if "168c:0023" exists in
http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs, which it doesn't.



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