Subject: Re: ath0 on cardbus
To: Ed Gould <ed@left.wing.org>
From: Vincent <10.50@free.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 01/04/2007 09:45:35
Ed Gould a écrit :
> Long ago, I used an Atheros-based cardbus WiFi card (ath0), but for 
> various reasons I switched back to a Lucent-based wi0.  Yesterday, I 
> tried the ath0 again.  It was not seen by the kernel (4.99.5 from early 
> December), and when I removed it then re-plugged it, the kernel crashed 
> with a message like "no cardbus0 at cbb0" (from memory).
> 
> I'll try a new kernel first, but before I try to debug this, has anyone 
> else seen anything similar?

On my oldie Compaq Presario laptop, I have absolutly no problem 
whatsoever with "hotswap". I can insert and remove my NetGear ath-based 
cardbus just how often I like, I have to run through the whole 
initialization process each time, of course, but it works flawlessly.

Vincent