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linoleum
Tux's lil' helper
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 Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject: iwl5000-ucode clarification [solved] |
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Hi,
if I update the firmware of my wifi network card to net-wireless/iwl5000-ucode-8.83.5.1 I get the following error in dmesg
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iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode' failed.
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' failed.
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
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and my wifi card is not activated. This seems due to a mismatch in firmware file name. Indeed after the upgrade
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ls /lib/firmware/iwl*
iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
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Downgrading the firmware to iwl5000-ucode-5.4.0.11 solves the problem (the iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode appears in /lib/firmware/) but dmesg complains
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iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode' failed.
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Firmware has old API version. Expected v2, got v1. New firmware can be obtained from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 5.4.1.16
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I'm on a stable x86_64 machine running a 2.6.37-tuxonice kernel.
I do not understand what's going on. Any help in clarifying the issue?
Thanks.
Last edited by linoleum on Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:38 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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PaulBredbury
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| The file iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode needs kernel 2.6.38 in order to be useful. |
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linoleum
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