Bug 76715 – ipw2200 >=17 firmware driver issue

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Dave Shanker 2005-01-04 19:20:12 UTC]

It seems as though the ipw2200 driver project renamed the firmware files from ipw2200_ucode.fw, ipw2200_ibss.fw, ipw2200_bss.fw, ipw2200_boot.fw to ipw-2.2-bss_ucode.fw, ipw-2.2-ibss.fw, ipw-2.2-bss.fw, ipw-2.2-boot.fw, and ipw-2.2-ibss_ucode.fw. 

The issue is when loading the updated ipw2200 driver, it's still looking for the older file schema and then fails to load. The following error message is logged in dmesg:

ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -5
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'

Symlinking the files in /lib/firmware to the names used by the previous filename schema (ipw-2.2-ibss_ucode.fw was not present in previous versions) allows the driver to load.

This bug is present in all versions using the new firmware version (firmware version 2.2) which are ebuilds 17 and greater.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Upgrade to ipw2200 v17 or greater
2.Insert module
3.

Actual Results:  
Error is logged and device fails to come up properly

Expected Results:  
Device should have initialized properly

[Comment 1 Jeremy Maitin-Shepard 2005-01-05 00:26:05 UTC]

I do not have this problem.  Perhaps you are loading the old driver for some reason?

[Comment 2 Dave Shanker 2005-01-05 11:37:57 UTC]

You are correct.. I didn't notice I had /usr/src/linux symlinked to /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-r9-c1 instead of the kernel I was running. Portage would install the new modules in the lib directory of 2.4.9-r9-c1 instead of my current  kernel.

Changing status to INVALID.. sorry to waste your time :(