Ibidem wrote:
> Hello all,
> I've recently started using SL 5.4 (installed from mini-livecd) on my
> Aspire One, with kernels 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 (original) and
> 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 (updated).  Ath5k is functional on the live cd,
> halfway working on the old kernel, somewhat better on the updated
> kernel; but it comes nowhere near what the latest ath5k (2.6.31 & 32)
> can do or what madwifi-hal can do.  I've tried installing madwifi, but
> it did not provide the interfaces (ifconfig did not recognize ath0 and
> eth1).  After looking around, I've found that only madwifi-hal works
> with my chipset (AR5007), but I can't seem to find a recent
> (2.6.18-164.11.1) rpm.  If I can install an rpm with dkms or kmod, that
> would be ideal; I'd prefer to avoid compiling it myself.  I might have
> missed something; if so, please point it out.  
> Ibidem

We have not been providing madwifi for SL 5.4 because of the conflict it 
causes with the modules already in the kernel.
But we are providing it for the older releases, so you can always find 
the kernel-module-madwifi and kernel-module-madwifi-hal rpm's in the 
older releases security updates area.

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/i386/updates/security/
If you have the regular 32 bit kernel installed the rpm's would be here.
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/i386/updates/security/kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/i386/updates/security/kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm

Troy
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