After emerging baselayout-1.11.18 and rebooting, ipw2200 could not load firmware. ie: Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 0.15 Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ohci_hcd: 2004 Feb 02 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI) Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE Dec 16 07:55:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: failed to register network device After booting I tried: # rmmod ipw2200 # modprobe ipw2200 and got: Dec 16 08:02:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 0.15 Dec 16 08:02:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation Dec 16 08:02:30 ibm-t40 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 16 08:02:30 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 printing eip: Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 e0d9e18f Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 *pde = 00000000 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Oops: 0000 [#1] Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 PREEMPT Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Modules linked in: ipw2200 radeon snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ohci_hcd firmware_class ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt e1000 radeonfb i2c_algo_bit i2c_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd ehci_hcd uhci_hcd intel_agp agpgart evdev usbcore Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 CPU: 0 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 EIP: 0060:[<e0d9e18f>] Not tainted VLI Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.9-gentoo-r6) Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 EIP is at firmware_loading_store+0x9f/0xe0 [firmware_class] Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 eax: 00000000 ebx: e0d9fc24 ecx: e0d9fc24 edx: 00000001 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 esi: d9435a80 edi: d9cc9fac ebp: d9cc9fac esp: d9cc9f0c Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Process firmware.agent (pid: 21225, threadinfo=d9cc8000 task=dbc44560) Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Stack: d8e71000 00000000 0000000a d9435480 e0d9fcdc c037be05 d9435480 d8e71000 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 00000002 c05283f4 c0197beb d9435488 e0d9fcdc d8e71000 00000002 df2787c0 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 dedf67c0 c0197c60 dedf67c0 df2787c0 00000002 dedf67c0 00000000 d8c8b6f4 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Call Trace: Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c037be05>] class_device_attr_store+0x35/0x40 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c0197beb>] flush_write_buffer+0x3b/0x50 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c0197c60>] sysfs_write_file+0x60/0x80 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c015d325>] vfs_write+0xe5/0x1b0 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c015d4c1>] sys_write+0x51/0x80 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 [<c0106249>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 Code: ba 76 48 00 8b 44 24 20 83 c4 0c 5b 5e c3 83 f8 ff 75 ad eb c4 bb 24 fc d9 e0 89 d9 ff 0d 24 fc d9 e0 0f 88 9b 0a 00 00 8b 46 44 <8b> 40 04 89 04 24 e8 46 5a 3b df 8b 46 44 c7 40 04 00 00 00 00 Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 <3>ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 ipw2200: failed to register network device Dec 16 08:02:40 ibm-t40 ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5 Downgrading to 1.11.17-r2 fixed the problem Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge baselayout-1.11.18 on IBM Thinkpad T40 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.2,dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jun 9 2004, 08:50:36)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.2, 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j12" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype userlocales x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Versions sb 1.11.8 and 1.11.7-r2
sounds like kernel bug, not baselayout
I upgraded to latest dev-kernel (2.6.9-gentoo-r10). Then emerged baselayout and ipw2200 firmware load failed with -2 (in dmesg). I then emerged =baselayout-1.11.7-r2 and rebooted. Wireless came up normally. If this is a kernel bug it is one that effects baselayout-1.11.8 and not baselayout-1.11.7-r2. Are you using any new system calls in the new baselayout that could explain this? It seems like alot of network related scripts were changed in 1.11.8 however. Is there any other info I could get you that could be helpful in tracking this down?
I had the same problem using ipw2100-1.0.2 and baselayout-1.11.8. The error messages were the same, i.e. Dec 16 11:26:04 notebook Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 After downgrading to 1.11.7-r1 ipw2100 was working again.
I have the same problems with ipw2100 and prism54. Seems the path /lib/firmware is ignored? Downgrading to 1.11.7-r2 fixes the problems for me, too. Testetd with development-sources 2.6.9 and gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.9-r10 with and without preempt.
do you use udev? i have the same problems ipw2100 faild to load the firmware after killing the udevd ipw2100 loads the firmware look at bug 74786 stefan
also breaks prism54 (cardbus pccard) Problem seems to be firmware upload by hotplug: When I insert my card for a second time, I get an Oops. And here it is : wlan0: islpci_open() wlan0: resetting device... wlan0: uploading firmware... Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 printing eip: c02e3a6a *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT Modules linked in: snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device prism54 eth1394 ohci1394 ieee1394 snd_ali5451 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc nvidia usb_storage ohci_hcd usbcore CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c02e3a6a>] Tainted: P VLI EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.9-gentoo-r9) EIP is at firmware_loading_store+0x9f/0xd9 eax: 00000000 ebx: c04d8264 ecx: c04d8264 edx: 00000001 esi: dedd8800 edi: dd885fac ebp: dd885fac esp: dd885f0c ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process firmware.agent (pid: 9348, threadinfo=dd885000 task=df00baa0) Stack: d99c6000 00000000 0000000a dedd8f80 c04d831c c02e152d dedd8f80 d99c6000 00000002 c04d7eb4 c018ec14 dedd8f88 c04d831c d99c6000 00000002 dd4cda80 df469280 c018ec7a df469280 dd4cda80 00000002 df469280 00000000 dd888934 Call Trace: [<c02e152d>] class_device_attr_store+0x34/0x3d [<c018ec14>] flush_write_buffer+0x3b/0x47 [<c018ec7a>] sysfs_write_file+0x5a/0x79 [<c01589b9>] vfs_write+0xdc/0x19e [<c0158b4c>] sys_write+0x51/0x80 [<c0106079>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71 Code: ba 76 48 00 8b 44 24 20 83 c4 0c 5b 5e c3 83 f8 ff 75 ae eb c4 bb 64 82 4d c0 89 d9 ff 0d 64 82 4d c0 0f 88 52 09 00 00 8b 46 44 <8b> 40 04 89 04 24 e8 62 c0 e6 ff 8b 46 44 c7 40 04 00 00 00 00 <3>prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890' wlan0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Marking duplicate. Yes, I know this one was first, but the other one is more active and correctly assigned. A udev developer has also placed a testing request there (Kay Sievers, comment 16), if someone could follow that up it would be appreciated. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74786 ***
