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<p>FROM <a href="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/todo">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/todo</a></p> <p>Being worked on</p> <p>AR9485 support</p> <p>AR9485 is a cheaper version of the AR9285. Should consist of some initval updates and a few ath9k_hw changes. Goal is to get most code in synch for ath9k_hw through HAL unification principles.</p> <p></p> <p>So..... to get the AR9485 WiFi working on a Dell XPS 8500 in Linux Mint 11 Gnome 64-bit:</p> <p><tt>uname -r</tt> produces: <code>2.6.38-8-generic</code><br /> <tt>uname -a</tt> produces: <code>Linux katya 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</code></p> <p>First upgrade to all latest software using package manager.<br /> <tt>$ cd</tt><br /> <tt>$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential</tt><br /> <tt>$ wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless.tar.bz2</tt><br /> <tt>$ tar jxvf compat-wireless.tar.bz2</tt><br /> <tt>$ cd compat-wireless*</tt><br /> <tt>$ ./scripts/driver-select atheros</tt><br /> <tt>$ make</tt><br /> <tt>$ sudo make install</tt><br /> <tt>$ sudo make unload</tt><br /> <tt>$ sudo make wlunload</tt><br /> <tt>$ sudo make btunload</tt><br /> Reboot.<br /> Voila.</p>