> > > According to the atheros website, the IBM product range seems to use the AR5001X+
> > > as the chipset for its a/b/g minicard. (its not entirely clear this is true for
> > > all products, the T41p and R50 are listed, so it seems reasonable for the X31 too)
> > > 
> > > Is this supported by the ath (4) driver?
> > I have a ThinkPad X31 with mini-PCI ath integrated.
> > When I enabled ath support in the kernel, it is recognized, but
> > ifconfig ath0 up didn't work.
> 
> 	I also have X31 with Atheros a/b/g card (sorry forgot the part #).
> 	it is working just fine.  i'm not using ACPI.

	the card i'm using is IBM product ID 31P9702.

itojun