Bug#491738: madwifi-source: Problem to install module with 0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528 version

[Guillaume Watteeux]

Package: madwifi-source
Version: 1:0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528-1
Severity: important

Hi,

I've a problem when I try to load a ath_pci module with last version.

I tried to reboot my computer and I see a verbose messages on console and is it impossible to start X/gdm. I reboot with hard shutdown.

-- /var/log/messages
Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps
 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Atheros AR5211 chip found (MAC 4.2, PHY 511 2 3.0, 5 GHz Radio 1.7 2 GHz Radio 2.3)
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VI traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VO traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for XR traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
 Jul 17 21:11:45 niobe kernel: ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5211: mem=0xc0210000, irq=11
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCSIZE_DESIRED default value [found=0xc2 (-62) expected=0xde (-34)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCCOARSE_LO default value [found=0xba (-70) expected=0xcc (-52)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCCOARSE_HI default value [found=0x74 (-12) expected=0x6e (-18)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_SIG_FIRPWR default value [found=0xb0 (-80) expected=0xba (-70)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_WEAK_CCK_THRESH default value [found=0x6 (6) expected=0x8 (8)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCSIZE_DESIRED default value [found=0xc2 (-62) expected=0xde (-34)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCCOARSE_LO default value [found=0xba (-70) expected=0xcc (-52)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_AGCCOARSE_HI default value [found=0x74 (-12) expected=0x6e (-18)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_SIG_FIRPWR default value [found=0xb0 (-80) expected=0xba (-70)].
 Jul 17 21:11:58 niobe kernel: wifi0: FAILED verification of AR5K_PHY_WEAK_CCK_THRESH default value [found=0x6 (6) expected=0x8 (8)].

 And more and more in loop..

No messages on dmesg.

-- Hardware (lspci -v)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5211 802.11ab NIC (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Phillips Components Device 8310
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
	Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
	Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci
-- Debian packages modules (generate with m-a)
Not working: madwifi-modules-2.6.24-1-686_0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528-1+2.6.24-7_i386.deb
Working: madwifi-modules-2.6.24-1-686_0.9.4~rc2-1+2.6.24-7_i386.deb

Thank for your help

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (996, 'testing'), (994, 'testing'), (993, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages madwifi-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-0.1  high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     7.0.15     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  module-assistant              0.10.11.0  tool to make module package creati

madwifi-source recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information