booted 2.6.38-9.43 and the network came up quickly, no direct probe in syslog; I had already removed the ath5k nohwcrypt=1 hack, and for this boot I removed the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text line in /etc/default/grub so it was not in effect either.
SO for this particular issue, this one looks good... I will boot another time or two to be sure.
I could attach the syslog but I don't think it shows anything interesting.
booted 2.6.38-9.43 and the network came up quickly, no direct probe in syslog; I had already removed the ath5k nohwcrypt=1 hack, and for this boot I removed the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD _LINUX= text line in /etc/default/grub so it was not in effect either.
SO for this particular issue, this one looks good... I will boot another time or two to be sure.
I could attach the syslog but I don't think it shows anything interesting.