Bug#659927: [3.1.8 -> 3.2.4 regression] ATH9K driver will not connect to my adhoc network

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 659927 - moreinfo
merge 659521 659927
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Ankman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 19:13, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

>> If I understand correctly, your ad hoc network uses WEP.  That's very
>> good news, since it means there's a better patch to try.
>
> Yes, just WEP so far, but might want to use WPA in after this issue is solved.

WPA should already work if I understand correctly --- the bug only
affects WEP.

>> [*] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=71;bug=659521
>
> I followed the instructions but had to download the git thingy and all
> from my working kernel, which worked. Then I booted the not working
> kernel (3.2.x) to apply to patch but failed as I seem not to be able
> to relocate the path to the repository. I get "... is outside
> repository". I searched  for "git" and "repository" and cd'ed in to
> what I found, but no luck.
>
> Please let me know the path I have to cd in.

Thanks.  Could you provide the exact error message?

The repository is a directory named "linux" under whichever directory
you were in when you cloned the repo before.  It contains the Linux
source code.

Hopefully something like

	cd linux
	git apply --index <thepatch>
	dpkg -i ../<name of package>
	reboot

will work.