Configure Atheros AR9285 wireless in Gentoo

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My laptop has an Atheros AR9285 wireless card. By following the "Network Configuration" section in the Gentoo handbook I chose the ath9k module. The modules seem to be loaded correctly:

# lsmod | grep ath
ath9k                  72172  0 
ath9k_common            2345  1 ath9k
mac80211              146807  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath9k_hw              213153  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                     8652  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              112782  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath

And the interface also shows up in ifconfig:

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:43:61:a2:f0  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

However, I cannot do a network scan:

# iwlist wlan0 scanning
wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

And the interface doesn't seem to be recognized:

# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     no wireless extensions.

What can I try to make it work?

PS: I also have Ubuntu on this laptop and wireless is working fine.

Best Answer

I got the solution on Gentoo Forums. It turned out to be a mis-configured kernel.

Here is the kernel configuration that works (from the post that I linked to above):

[*] Networking support  --->
    -*-   Wireless  --->
        <*>   cfg80211 - wireless configuration API                                                                                                                  
        [*]     enable powersave by default
        [*]     cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
        [*]   Wireless extensions sysfs files
        <*>   Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
        <*>   Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
              Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel)  --->
        -*-   Enable LED triggers

Device Drivers  --->
    [*] Network device support  --->
        [*]   Wireless LAN  --->
            <*>   Atheros Wireless Cards  --->
                <*>   Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support
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