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The last part of getting my Lenovo T400 fully functional is the wifi. |
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"lspci" shows "03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless |
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5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection". I tried to follow instructions |
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but am getting no sign of wifi at all. Both "ifconfig" and "ip" only |
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show eth0 and lo. In "make menuconfig" I have |
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Networking support > Wireless |
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--- Wireless |
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<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API |
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[ ] nl80211 testmode command |
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[ ] enable developer warnings |
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[*] enable powersave by default |
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[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries |
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[ ] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility |
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<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) |
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Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) ---> |
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[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking support |
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-*- Enable LED triggers |
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[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS |
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[ ] Trace all mac80211 debug messages |
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[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features ---- |
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Device Drivers > Network device support > Wireless LAN |
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--- Wireless LAN |
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[ ] ADMtek devices |
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[ ] Atheros/Qualcomm devices |
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[ ] Atmel devices |
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[ ] Broadcom devices |
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[ ] Cisco devices |
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[*] Intel devices |
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< > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection |
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< > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection |
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< > Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN (iwl4965) |
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< > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection (iwl3945) |
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<*> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) |
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<*> Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support |
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< > Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support |
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Debugging Options --- |
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The <Help> for "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN... etc" points to |
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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware which |
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points to iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz that supports iwldvm on the |
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5100AGN |
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Device Drivers > Generic Driver Options > Firmware loader |
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-*- Firmware loading facility |
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(iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode) Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary |
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(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory |
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[ ] Enable the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism |
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[ ] Enable compressed firmware support |
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The kernel build goes smoothly. What am I missing? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |