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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:19:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> [thimk][root][~] lspci -k | grep -i -B 1 5100 |
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> Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus |
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> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection |
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> Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN |
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> Note that that it's not being "loaded" as a module. I'm building into |
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> the kernel itself. Here's a snippet from .config |
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It doesn't look like it's loading the firmware. Are there any obvious firmware- |
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loading errors in dmesg ? If not, it might be worth installing `sys-apps/lshw` |
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and running `lshw -C network` to see kernel resource information regarding the |
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device. |
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> # |
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> # Firmware loader |
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> # |
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> CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y |
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> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode" |
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> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" |
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That looks fine, although why are you using such an outdated version of the |
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microcode ? For kernels 2.6.38+, you can use 8.83.5.1-1. |
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> > Did you install the iwlwifi microcode from sys-kernel/linux-firmware |
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> > (linux-firmware.git), or directly from kernel.org ? |
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> Directly from kernel.org itself. As I mentioned, the <Help> feature in |
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> "make menuconfig" pointed there. I basically ran... |
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> wget [link clipped] |
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Perhaps it would be better to install it from the Gentoo-provided firmware |
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package ? Amend /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware to include |
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the appropriate entries (listing at [1]), and emerge `linux-firmware` with the |
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`savedconfig` USE-flag. |
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[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ |
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