[ltp] Using IPW2100 on a R50

[Didrik Pinte]

Le mer 19/05/2004 à 08:18, Nils a écrit :
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am trying to use the latest debian package (.42) of the IPW2100 driver on my 
> R50. After failing to compile and use it with kernel 2.4.26 I managed to 
> compile and actually load the module with 2.6.5. Problem is: the firmware 
> load obviously fails and I can't find out why. 
> 
> dmesg reports:
> ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 0.42
> ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
> Detected ipw2100 PCI device at 0000:02:02.0, dev: eth1, mem: 
> 0xC0214000-0xC0214FFF -> e0be0000, irq: 11
> eth1: Using hotplug firmware load.
> eth1: Firmware not available or load failed
> eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
> eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
> eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
> ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
> 
> Does anyone have an idea what this is about?
> 
> Thanks
> Nils

On my R50, I have no problems using ipw2100 (.42 or .44). 

In my opinion, twoo options 

1) you've misplaced the firmware. Did you put the .fw in
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.

2) You did not recompile the kernel with the following option
CONFIG_FW_LOADER=Y, otherwise hotplug won't be able to load the
firmware.

Didrik