[CentOS] atheros wifi on my oqo2

Wed Mar 13 13:48:03 UTC 2013
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

I have a few oqo2 units that I use for testing, normally using the 
dongle for ethernet connection.  Well supposedly they have atheros 
wifi.  in dmseg I see:

ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ath5k 0000:03:04.0: registered as 'phy0'
ath5k phy0: Couldn't identify radio revision.
ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A disabled

I press magic <fnc-?> per http://www.expansys.com/ft.aspx?k=119902 but 
NetworkManager is not adding wifi as a networking device.  There is no 
file under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifc-* either.  How can I get 
the wifi working?