Custom F8 kernal and ath5k

[John Summerfield]

David G. Mackay wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 08:57 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
>>> Secondly, the ath5k module was getting loaded, even with an "alias ath5k
>>> off" in modprobe.conf, so I removed it from /lib/modules.  There's
>>> probably a better way, but I was too lazy to look up the interaction
>> There's a blacklist for this.
> 
> Thanks, I'll give that a shot.  It'll save me from having to fiddle with
> it for each kernel upgrade.

It's worth keeping an eye on the new kernels, one might work.

The blacklist prevents the driver's use automatically, you can still 
load it explicitly. Some modules are blacklisted just so they can be 
loaded later.

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Cheers
John

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