No, the patch for madwifi will only work under i386, regardless of how you choose to install and use it.
If anyone's interested, I've put the two packages into my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~mbamford/+archive). Works great for me. -- Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on ASUS Eee PC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs