Comment 1 for bug 286612

Assigning myself.

Note that the ath5k driver should still remain the default as this is what Intrepid itself is aiming for.
I can restore madwifi's ath_pci module frombranch "madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6" back onto the intrepid eeepc/eeepc-lean kernels.

(Note Madwifi is still the default on the hardy eeepc kernel.)

To enable (when it's ready)
1. Add "blacklist ath5k" to /etc/modprobe.d/eeepc
2. Append "ath_pci" to /etc/modules
3. Reboot

(I imagine eventually there will be an easier config option applied to eeepc-config, when this fix is released)