I've an Acer Extensa 5230, I've tried both madwifi stable version (debian 1:0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1) and madwifi-trunk, both are not recognizing by wifi card.
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002a (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 1a32:0303
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster?+ SpecCycle?- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr?- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr?- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f4600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent?=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 00000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [60] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap?: MaxPayload? 128 bytes, PhantFunc? 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
ExtTag?- AttnBtn?- AttnInd?- PwrInd?- RBE- FLReset-
DevCtl?: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
RlxdOrd?+ ExtTag?- PhantFunc?- AuxPwr?- NoSnoop?-
MaxPayload? 128 bytes, MaxReadReq? 512 bytes
DevSta?: CorrErr?- UncorrErr?+ FatalErr?- UnsuppReq?+ AuxPwr?- TransPend?-
LnkCap?: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us
ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot?-
LnkCtl?: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk?+
ExtSynch?- ClockPM- AutWidDis?- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta?: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr?- Train- SlotClk?+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize?=1
Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00000000
PBA: BAR=0 offset=00000000
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
