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On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:19:17PM +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: |
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> > > This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably |
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> > > part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card |
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> > > RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed |
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> > > in /lib/firmware. |
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> > This file is present, I checked. |
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> > How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is |
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> > build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible |
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> > that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. |
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> > Try to build it as module. |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Ivan |
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> Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation |
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> and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? |
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I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: |
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CONFIG_IPW2200=y |
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then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: |
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ipw2200-bss.fw" |
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" |
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(Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and |
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that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so |
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you should know the proper path and syntax.) |
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But if you have the driver built as a module in your kernel: |
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CONFIG_IPW2200=m |
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then you odn't have to have those 2 lines above, and the firmware will get |
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loaded properly. On my systems I have drivers requiring firmware as modules |
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(m) in my kernel, and not firmware directory listed in the kernel config. |
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Sounds like the easiest thing for you is to try CONFIG_IPW2200=m in your |
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kernel. When you boot with it as a module, issue: |
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dmesg | grep firmware |
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and you should have a line similar to: |
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[ 6.007039] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" |
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which would match your ipw2200-bss.fw |
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You don't need an initramfs just to load a module for a wireless chipset. The |
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initramfs is only needed to load modules required to boot your system. |
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Cheers, |
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Bruce |
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