Bug#463425: Patch proposed upstream

[Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>]

An apparently successful patch has been worked out upstream.  See
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/22825/focus=22840

The concluding patch for 2.6.27 was posted
 From: Elias Oltmanns
 Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k: Fix reset sequence for AR5212 in general and RF5111 in particular
 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general
 Date: 2008-10-29 13:25:42 GMT

Maybe it also applies to Debian's 2.6.26?
I can confirm that AR5212 doesn't work as-is on Lenny.
I'm off to try rebuilding a Lenny kernel with this patch.
Hmm.  Maybe I should try an unstable kernel first.

   - Larry