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little_bob
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject: [solved] systems with ath9k / firmware loaded / not loaded |
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hello community,
i am running 2 systems (lenovo x131) and a selfmade pc. each has a usb wireless stick TL-WN821Nv3.
on my selfmade pc i am able to run the usb wireless stick.
on my lenovo x131 i am not able to run it.
selfmade pc - lsusb
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Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287]
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x131 - lsusb
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Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc.
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selfmade pc - dmesg htc_7010 firmware
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[ 0.881495] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[ 1.918750] ath9k_htc 2-1.5:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[ 1.918752] ath9k_htc 2-1.5:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 2.069052] usb 2-1.5: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_7010.fw, size: 72992
[ 2.130131] ath9k_htc 2-1.5:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 45 credits
[ 2.253992] ath9k_htc 2-1.5:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
[ 2.255005] Registered led device: ath9k_htc-phy2
[ 2.255008] usb 2-1.5: ath9k_htc: USB layer initialized
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x131 - dmesg htc_7010 firmware
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[ 2.250720] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[ 3.302629] ath9k_htc 2-1.2:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[ 3.302633] ath9k_htc 2-1.2:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 63.869329] usb 2-1.2: ath9k_htc: Firmware - htc_7010.fw not found
[ 63.870682] ath9k_htc: probe of 2-1.2:1.0 failed with error -22
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i am using
- the same kernel gentoo-3.3.8
- the same linux-firmware
on both systems
also i checked for the firmware handling for the kernel which is the same for both systems.
selfmade pc is acting as ap so i have a kernel config for ap (HOSTAP=y) on that box.
i have compared the kernel config from both systems but could not find more.
maybe i do not to see the wood for the trees.
how comes that firmware is not loading on x131?
best regards
--christian
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Logicien
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
you've got the answer here:
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The htc_7010.fw firmware file is not found on your X131. You have to check if the file /lib/firmware/htc_7010.fw exist. On my Funtoo/Gentoo 64 bits, the package
sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20120924 install it.
The /lib directory is a symlink to /lib64. In fact, the file htc_7010.fw is installed in the /lib64/firmware/ directory. It is possible that the ath9k_htc module search for the firmware file in the wrong path. Are both PC the same architecture, 32 or 64 bits?
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little_bob
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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hello logicien,
thank you for your answer. sorry if i did not described it properly.
i have allready checked the link and the firmeware directory / file. the firmware is installed on both system. i am using sys-kernel/linux-firmware version 20120719.
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corellia ~ # ls -la /lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jun 21 10:26 /lib -> lib64
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the firmware file is there
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corellia ~ # ls -la /lib64/firmware/htc_*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72992 Nov 1 14:24 /lib64/firmware/htc_7010.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51272 Nov 1 14:24 /lib64/firmware/htc_9271.fw
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on my selfmade pc the usb wlan stick is running properly on my x131 laptop the firmware file is not found. as you can see the file is on the system but i do not know why it can not be found or read. |
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little_bob
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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hello community,
i still can not explain why the firmware does not load on my x131 system but with the help from another forum entry i am now able to load it.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-916540-start-0.html
thanks to NeddySeagoon again 
when i follow your instruction in that thread my firmware get loaded.
best regards
--christian |
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