[Bug 568426] [NEW] Netgear MA101b no longer authenticates since at76_usb dropped from .32

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Public bug reported:

Several atmel-based USB wireless adapters do not work with at76c50x
kernel driver, now the only one since at76_usb was removed from /staging
in .32.  Previous workaround was to blacklist at76c50x so the system
would fall back to at76_usb, which works.  It no longer seems possible
to compile at76_usb from source (http://at76c503a.berlios.de/) against
.32 or .33

There only way to can get wireless working in Lucid is to use the
2.6.31-rt and blacklist at76c50x as before.  The errors I see when using
at76c50x with the Netgear MA101b are:

[  924.409976] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:x:x:x:x:x by local choice (reason=3)
[  924.416951] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:x:x:x:x:x (try 1)
[  924.611261] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:x:x:x:x:x (try 2)
[  924.811260] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:x:x:x:x:x (try 3)
[  925.021261] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:x:x:x:x:x timed out

With the same firmware, AP, WEP key, the a76_usb module (in 2.6.31)
works fine.  Just a heads up that Lucid will not support a whole host of
Atmel USB adapters at this point.  See also:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1280956.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  stephan    1458 F.... pulseaudio
                      stephan    1475 F.... xfce4-volumed
                      stephan    1483 F.... xfce4-mixer-plu
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xe5180000 irq 21'
   Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP7A HDMI'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls      : 44
   Simple ctrls  : 23
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:05 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6c0712b8-669a-49fb-abc5-47b1e2e68f7c
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100418)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-E7AUM-DS2H
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=6ccad063-5832-453f-a249-b9bc0ad12efc ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware N/A
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: GA-E7AUM-DS2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd12/17/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-E7AUM-DS2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-E7AUM-DS2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-E7AUM-DS2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid needs-upstream-testing networking regression-potential

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