Kirkwood/Check Point L-50w - No WiFi after upgrading to 24.10.X from 23.05.5

[Prazola]

Describe the bug

After upgrading from 23.05.5 to 24.10.0, radio is not detected and it's impossibile to enable anything wireless related.

OpenWrt version

r28427-6df0e3d02a

OpenWrt release

24.10.1

OpenWrt target/subtarget

kirkwood/generic

Device

Check Point L-50

Image kind

Official downloaded image

Steps to reproduce

Upgrade from 23.05.5 to 24.10.0 on a Check Point L-50w (with WiFi module)

Actual behaviour

After upgrading from 23.05.5, radio is not detected and it's impossibile to enable anything wireless related.

Expected behaviour

Radio should be detected and enabled.

Additional info

No response

Diffconfig

Terms

• [x] I am reporting an issue for OpenWrt, not an unsupported fork.

[chainqq]

I experienced this issue after upgrading on Friday.

Going back to 23.05.5 and importing my settings from backup resolved the issue, allowing me to continue using Wi-Fi. Ethernet appeared to work under 24.10.0, however.

I did not do any further testing, only using 24.10.0 for a few minutes before going back to 23.05.5.

[ferrashoo]

Tried the update 24.10 on my L-50, removed the kmod-ath, kmod-ath9k driver(s) and restarted the device after the upgrade, no success. Attempt to add the ap0 after reinstalling the atheros drivers but it could not find the device. Updated to latest snapshot, same issue. Hope this helps resolve the issue soon.

[Prazola]

Issue still present in 24.10.1

[Prazola]

Same issue with 24.10.2

[keyodi]

Same issue with 24.10.2

Are both 2.4 and 5ghz radios nonfunctional? or just 5ghz?

Same issue? https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/19088

[Prazola]

Same issue with 24.10.2

Are both 2.4 and 5ghz radios nonfunctional? or just 5ghz?

Same issue? #19088

Only 2.4GHz is supported by this device.

[chainqq]

23.05 is now EOL according to a recent e-mail from the openwrt-announce mailing list, with 23.05.6 being the final release, issued a few days ago.

I am eager to get 24.10 running properly as soon as possible, as I am sure you all are.

[Prazola]

More info from the syslog:

Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 user.info kernel: [   14.833862] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   15.703057] Loading modules backported from Linux version v6.12.44-0-g11a24528d080
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   15.710731] Backport generated by backports.git v6.1.110-1-35-g410656ef
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 user.info kernel: [   16.318092] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   16.503241] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   16.541584] NET: Registered PF_PPPOX protocol family
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   16.653523] pci 0000:00:01.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.info kernel: [   16.659241] ath9k 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.err kernel: [   16.665301] ath: phy0: Failed to read SREV register
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.err kernel: [   16.665314] ath: phy0: Could not read hardware revisions
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.err kernel: [   16.670216] ath: phy0: Unable to initialize hardware; initialization status: -95
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.err kernel: [   16.683012] ath9k 0000:01:00.0: Failed to initialize device
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 kern.warn kernel: [   16.688643] ath9k: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -95
Mon Sep 22 09:59:17 2025 user.info kernel: [   16.787421] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*

[Prazola]

Issue persists with 24.10.4.