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Bug 192184 - gentoo-sources-2.6.22 is unable to use ipw2200-firmware
Summary: gentoo-sources-2.6.22 is unable to use ipw2200-firmware
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-09-11 17:02 UTC by Christian Schnarr
Modified: 2007-09-11 18:42 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Kernel .config of 2.6.21 (config_2.6.21,38.89 KB, text/plain)
2007-09-11 18:19 UTC, Christian Schnarr 		Details
Kernel .config of 2.6.22 (config_2.6.22,39.13 KB, text/plain)
2007-09-11 18:20 UTC, Christian Schnarr 		Details
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Description Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 17:02:34 UTC 
With kernel 2.6.22 the system is waiting some time and then tells me:
ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
So I went back some steps an now having:
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r5
and
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r2
in my package.mask
and running again on:
sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.21-r4
without such problems...
trying the vanilla sources would be my next step...
(...to decide what really should be masked...)

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-09-11 17:44:51 UTC 
You really need to post some relevant info, such as attach relevant parts of dmesg with working and non-working kernel. Also your kernel .config, firmware version?
Comment 2 Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 18:19:31 UTC 
Created attachment 130611 [details]
Kernel .config of 2.6.21
Comment 3 Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 18:20:18 UTC 
Created attachment 130613 [details]
Kernel .config of 2.6.22
Comment 4 Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 18:24:47 UTC 
dmesg |  grep ipw
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0k
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:05.0 failed with error -5
Comment 5 Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 18:31:56 UTC 
The dmesg with the running 2.6.21-r4 is coming after reboot...

...just figured out, that the 2.6.22.1 vanilla is also not able to load the firmware...

The newest news of:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/#news
is talking about Changes in 1.2.2 (ipw-driver-Version...):
"Add compatibility patch for linux-2.6.22 sk_buff structure change"

Seems that this has not found its way into the kernel-tree yet...
...so it would be a kernel.org problem and has nothing to do with gentoo?!
...really strange...
Comment 6 Christian Schnarr 2007-09-11 18:42:09 UTC 
dmesg | grep ipw
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0k
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

And to answer the firmware question: 3.0
emerge net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware
(the latest and same you can get from http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php)