[issue551] getLandDriver() does not return driver for madwifi

[schula]

New submission from schula <schula at grml.org>:

Atheros devices do not support to get driver information via ethtool (kernel
version 2.6.23)

root at x20 ~ # ethtool -i wifi0
Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported
71 root at x20 ~ # ethtool -i ath0
Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported

There for grml-ap does not work as expected, as it can not detect that there is
an atheros card and setup and access point.

root at x20 ~ # acp grml-network
grml-network:
  Installed: 0.2.4
  Candidate: 0.2.4
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.4 0
        996 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

root at x20 ~ # source /etc/grml/net-functions
root at x20 ~ # getLanDriver ath0
root at x20 ~ #

With modified version
root at x20 ~ # vi /etc/grml/net-functions 
root at x20 ~ # source /etc/grml/net-functions
root at x20 ~ # getLanDriver ath0             
ath_pci

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files: patch
messages: 1594
nosy: schula
priority: bug
status: unread
title: getLandDriver() does not return driver for madwifi

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