当前系统是ubuntu8.10
非常非常期待9.10能支持自带无线网卡
PS: 用几种方式查看无线网卡相关信息如下，无关的用省略号略去了：
1. $lspci -vv
...
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0035
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at f4300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: ath_pci
...
2.$ lshal -u /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2942' (string)
info.product = 'AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter' (string)
info.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c' (string)
info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0' (string)
pci.device_class = 2 (0x2) (int)
pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int)
pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int)
pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0' (string)
pci.product = 'AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter' (string)
pci.product_id = 28 (0x1c) (int)
pci.subsys_product_id = 53 (0x35) (int)
pci.subsys_vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' (string)
pci.subsys_vendor_id = 5772 (0x168c) (int)
pci.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' (string)
pci.vendor_id = 5772 (0x168c) (int)
3. $ lshw -C network
...
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0
...
4. $dmesg
...
[ 11.943053] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 11.954251] acpi device:03: registered as cooling_device2
[ 11.954481] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/input/input8
[ 11.969839] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 11.984512] ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 11.994139] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.SATA.PRT1: found ejectable bay
[ 11.994144] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.SATA.PRT1: Adding notify handler
[ 11.994230] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
[ 11.994670] ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler
[ 12.012061] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 12.017614] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 12.017665] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 12.017676] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 12.066593] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)
[ 12.066613] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
...
5.$ lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci 99096 0
wlan 212080 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 198864 1 ath_pci
6.$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
vmnet1 no wireless extensions.
vmnet8 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
7.从系统菜单，选中system --> administrator --> hardware driver，然后弹出如下图形：
