Bug#665881: [wheezy] module ath5k is blocking wlan-card

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Hans,

Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:

> so, now after hours and hours of compiling, I could not manage to get the 
> patched module loaded. The system is telling something of "version mismatch".

Could you send the command you used?  Generally you need to install
the new Debian package you built and reboot to test, but there are
other possibilities, too.  The above doesn't tell me enough to know
what went wrong.

> Whatever, I think, just close the bug and do no more efforts in fixing the bug, 
> it is itz not worth for the following reasons:
>
> 1. This bug is now since kernel 3.1 and no one cared of it - except of me.

You've made this same argument before.  The sad situation we're in is
that only a small fraction of Debian users report bugs.  You're a
representative of quiet masses of Debian users, potential Debian
users, and other Linux users with similar hardware.  Meanwhile
stubborn people like me want to see all easily-fixable hardware
support bugs fixed, even if they only affect one person.

Sorry for the burden, but it really does help.

Of course if you're sick of it, that's also fine --- we can mark the
bug as unreproducible, stop bothering you, and probably close it in a
couple of weeks.

Hoping that clarifies,
Jonathan