Bug#510191: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: madwifi compiles and works perfectly on 2.6.18 but same source fails on 2.6.26

["Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" <lkcl@lkcl.net>]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:36 PM, lkcl <lkcl@lkcl.net> wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
> Version: 2.6.26-12
> Severity: important
>
>
> madwifi source code hasn't changed in 18 months: works perfectly under
> 2.6.18-4-686, sets up wifi0 etc. etc. and yet exactly the same source
> fails miserably under 2.6.26-1-686
> that's all you get.  under 2.6.26... wait.... ath_hal doesn't look like
> it's being loaded.... will provide further info in a follow-up report.

  yep - ath_hal was not being loaded up (automatically), under 2.6.26,
but it is under 2.6.18.  how odd.  so, although i am adding ath_hal to
/etc/modules, it's kinda damn awkward and a n00b would be utterly
stumped by this one.

 l.