Problems iwi load

Panagiotis Astithas past at ebs.gr
Sun Mar 12 18:40:27 UTC 2006


Sam Leffler wrote:
> Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
>> Martin Wilke wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:33:15 +0200
>>> Panagiotis Astithas <past at ebs.gr> wrote:
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>>> Thx and done,
>>>
>>> the new problem after load "if_iwi" is "firmeware_get: faild to load
>>> image iwi-bss". i have firmware form the ports "without iwicontrol"
>>> installed.
>>
>>
>> Are you sure it is iwi-bss and not iwi_bss? The firmware support is 
>> looking for /boot/kernel/iwi_bss.ko IIUC, so if you don't have it, you 
>> should "cd /sys/modules/iwi_fw; make install". The port should not be 
>> necessary any more.
> 
> So far as I can tell the firmware images have not been committed to cvs 
> (nor should they be due to the license) so you still need the port.  It 
> is interesting however that I see a sys/modules/iwifw directory in the 
> cvsweb listing; looks like someone got happy fingers.


My fingers are guilty, too. I'm using mlaier's version of the driver, so 
my advice is patently bogus.

Sorry,

Panagiotis



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