Although wpa_supplicant is ready to handle the Intel 5100 AGN wireless adapter, the firmware is missing from the /lib/firmware directory. Copying the firmware from another machine gets everything working, but is there a reason the firmware was not installed in the first place? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the install CD (I used the amd64 minimal ISO) 2. attempt to run ifconfig wlan0 3. see the errors about missing firmware Actual Results: interface fails to come up Expected Results: interface should come up
Perhaps because nobody has ever requested it? Does the license allow for restribution?
The license for net-wireless/iwl5000-ucode ("Intel") is the same as net-wireless/iwl4965-ucode and net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode, which are already on the install media. The license permits redistribution (quoted from /usr/portage/licenses/Intel): Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
This has been added to the x86/amd64 specs for the autobuilds and will show up in next week's builds.
