Comment 9 for bug 289014

ASUS eeePC 900... wireless worked great until the fateful update that removed ath5k. Installing the backported modules got it working again.

Since everybody in this thread has a vested interest in seeing this driver get "stable" and be included again, it would be nice if someone with the knowledge could point out (in this thread) the specific issue that resulted in it being removed. Thanks to whoever can do that.

Perhaps jockey could be extended to pick up on things like this? Well, that's another report...

Also, Walter, to get the driver working without a reboot, just type

sudo modprobe ath5k

and Bob is your uncle.