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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:31:21AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> One thing I should've mentioned in the first post is that booting from |
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> the minimal install USB, wlan0 does show up, so the hardware works. |
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That's because the "minimal" install disk actually has quite a lot of stuff |
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installed/enabled, to support all (or, as much as possible) common hardware in a |
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live environment, as this generally runs before the point at which the user can |
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configure their own kernel. |
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> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 05:59:37AM +0100, Ashley Dixon wrote |
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> > It doesn't look like it's loading the firmware. Are there any obvious |
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> > firmware-loading errors in dmesg ? |
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> What is ASPM and what is error -2? BTW, on my first attempt, when I |
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> accidentally tried a non-existant firmware path, the kernel compile died |
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> early on. Here is what I get in dmesg with ucode 8.83.5.1-1 |
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Error -2 means that it can't find the file: "ENOENT 2 No such file or |
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directory". You should install the firmware through `sys-kernel/linux-firmware`, |
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and then edit your .config accordingly (as Michael mentioned, no subdirectories |
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are added by the Gentoo package): |
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" |
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode" |
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> > That looks fine, although why are you using such an outdated version |
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> > of the microcode ? For kernels 2.6.38+, you can use 8.83.5.1-1. |
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> The way the items lined up on the webpage, I mis-interpreted it to |
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> mean one driver for 5100AGN, one for 5300AGN, and one for 5350AGN. See |
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> attachment. |
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The table is slightly misleading, but I think that any of the listed firmware |
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packages can work for any of the listed devices, and the only distinction |
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between the files is the supported kernel versions. Thus, you should be able to |
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safely use the latest version. |
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> > Perhaps it would be better to install it from |
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> > the Gentoo-provided firmware package ? Amend |
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> > /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware to include the |
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> > appropriate entries (listing at [1]), and emerge `linux-firmware` |
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> > with the `savedconfig` USE-flag. |
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> I'll do that next if there's nothing obvious here. |
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Yes, that is your next step. Append the appropriate entries to your savedconfig |
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file and emerge `linux-firmware` with `savedconfig`: |
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iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode |
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iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode |
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iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode |
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Ashley Dixon |
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suugaku.co.uk |
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2A9A 4117 |
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DA96 D18A |
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8A7B B0D2 |
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A30E BF25 |
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