Bug 188434 - net-wireless/iwlwifi and net-wireless/iwl4965-ucode version bump
Bug#: 188434 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: compnerd@gentoo.org Reported By: dev-zero@gentoo.org
Component: Ebuilds
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Summary: net-wireless/iwlwifi and net-wireless/iwl4965-ucode version bump
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Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2007-08-11 07:29 0000
Description:   Opened: 2007-08-11 07:29 0000 
There is a new version (1.0.0-1, I bumped it locally to 1.0.0_p1) available for
iwlwifi and it compiles and works here. According to the ChangeLog, the kernel
panic bug has been fixed.

For the iwl4965-ucode it seems that Intel did a change in version numbering.
The most recent version is: iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.18.tgz
The ebuild had two issues:
1) You should install to /$(get_libdir)/firmware, not just /lib/firmware
2) The name of the firmware in the package is iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode, but the
driver still looks for iwlwifi-4965.ucode, I solve it by using "newins",
another option would probably be to patch iwlwifi

------- Comment #1 From Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) 2007-08-14 02:55:02 0000 ------- 
bumped in portage.

------- Comment #2 From Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) 2007-08-14 02:55:13 0000 ------- 
bumped in portage.

------- Comment #3 From Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) 2007-08-14 02:58:13 0000 ------- 
BTW, Im not bumping the firmware as it is suppose to be incompatible with the
current driver (I believe it is for the unstable version of the driver).