Comment 3 for bug 289912

Same problem here, on a Toshiba Satellite A205-S5811:

dmesg:

[ 4027.472147] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 4027.475176] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 4027.501270] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 4027.515870] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 4027.517303] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 4027.517329] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 4027.569265] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)
[ 4027.569310] ath_pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

lspci:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7128
 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 f1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
  Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
  Address: 00000000 Data: 0000
 Capabilities: [60] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
  DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
   ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
  DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
   RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
   MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
  DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
  LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us
   ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
  LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
   ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
  LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
 Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1
  Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00000000
  PBA: BAR=0 offset=00000000
 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
 Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
 Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k