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Bug#628184: linux-image-2.6.39-1-686-pae: ath5k module is unstable after upgrade



On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 01:34 -0300, Alexandre Lymberopoulos wrote:
> On Jun 15 2011, maximilian attems wrote:
> 
> > linux image 3.0 has several ath5k related enhancements,
> > please report back based on it.
> 
> It's experimental yet. I think that I can try it when in
> unstable... (I'm a newbie and I'm afraid I can't revert things it they
> don't work). 
> 
> Besides that, the Celeron class was removed from supported processors in
> linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae, due to the fact it can't handle PAE and
> there is no 686 version of newer packages for non-PAE 686 processors
> (mine unfortunately is a Celeron M).

This was a correction to the description - PAE is not supported on most
Pentium M and Celeron M processors (although it may work at least
partly).

If the 'flags' line in /proc/cpuinfo does not include 'pae' then you
should use the 486 version.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson

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