Bug#539844: ath5k: ath5k and orinoco 802.11b/g pcmcia card works on i686 kernel but not bigmem version

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 03:41:57AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:19 -0400, Eric Sheesley wrote:
> > Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
> > Version: 2.6.26-17lenny1
> > Severity: important
> > File: ath5k
> > 
> > Recently installed Debian 5 with latest i686 kernel(2.6.26-2-i686).
> > My wireless card(orinoco 802.11b/g pcmcia card) worked great.
> > Realized my 4gb of memory wasn't being fully utilized so installed the
> > same version of the bigmem kernel(and headers, etc).  Rebooted into it
> > and it gives the following error:
> > Aug 2 18:38:42 skynet kernel: [ 12.609417] ath5k_pci 0000:04:00.0:
> > enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> > Aug 2 18:38:42 skynet kernel: [ 12.609417] ath5k_pci 0000:04:00.0:
> > registered as 'phy0'
> > Aug 2 18:38:42 skynet kernel: [ 12.912966] ath5k_pci: probe of
> > 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -110
> 
> Please provide a longer section of the kernel log.  There should be a
> more specific error message somewhere...
> 
> Also, are you using the ath5k driver or the madwifi driver under
> 2.6.26-2-i686?  I can't see any reason why ath5k would work in only one
> of these configurations.
> 
> > Tried the backports 2.6.30-bigmem and failed, but with a different error(radio not supported).
> [...]
> 
> Again, please provide the kernel log.

Eric, please provide the requested information.

Cheers,
        Moritz