Bug#552088: [lenny] ath5k phy1: noise floor calibration timeout

[Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com>]

Hi Jonathan,

On 07/14/2012 05:17 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dennis Leeuw wrote:
>
> > I have a:
> > [  256.620087] ath5k phy1: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY:
> > 0x43)
> > [  256.620091] ath5k phy1: RF5112A multiband radio found (0x36)
> >
> > The module ath5k when inserted during installation of Debian 5 and
> > during boot does not function properly. The only way to do an install of
> > Debian 5 with netinstall is to install a base system.
> >
> > To get the driver working is to:
> > rmmod ath5k
> > modprobe ath5k
> > iwconfig wlan0 rate 2M (both 1M and 2M work)
> >
> > After this I can manualy further install the system. After a
> > Debian kernel upgrade the problem is not solved.
> >
> > dmesg keeps on reporting:
> > ath5k phy1: noise floor calibration timeout (2437MHz)
>
> Thanks for reporting, and sorry for the long lull.  Do you still have
> access to this system?  If so, what kernel are you using these days?

No, sorry I don't anymore. So can't be of help anymore.

Greetings,

Dennis