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On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> He means that until you install the package with all firmware enabled you don't |
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> know what lines you need to put into the savedconfig file. |
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I have posted a snippet previously — you basically search for |
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"firmware=..." in kernel modules. It's doesn't always work, though — |
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e.g., it won't with DVB firmware, I think. |
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> Even after you do that it's hard to figure out what firmware files you actually |
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> need. I know I need iwl6000 firmware for Intel Ultimate-N 6300 wifi, but |
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> linux-firmware contains: |
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> iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode |
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> iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode |
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> iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode |
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> iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode |
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> iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode |
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> Are these different versions? Different cards? Which do I need? I had to |
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> go back and reinstall sys-firmware/iwl6000-ucode to see which file was the |
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> right one. |
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iwlwifi is somewhat special, with its multiple versions and |
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subversions. In this case, 6000{,g2{a,b}} are different cards, and |
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-[456] are different firmware APIs, with multiple APIs supported by a |
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given kernel. See, e.g., |
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/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c. |
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Maxim Kammerer |
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