From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Malte Gell <malte.gell@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.33: ar9170.fw firmware file not found
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:26:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1267827995.3068.33.camel@mj> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201003040835.29387.malte.gell@gmx.de>
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 08:35 +0100, Malte Gell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just upgraded from Kernel 2.6.32 to 2.6.33 and the ar9170 driver suddenly
> says "firmware file not found". Of course, I have the one stage and the two two
> stage files in /lib/firmware. What does this error occur? Do I have to update
> the firmware? Does kernel 2.6.33 need more recent firmware files? Or what is the
> reason? Or is it a bug?
I checked the sources of Linux 2.6.33. My understanding is that
"firmware file not found" (a very uninformative message, by the way)
would only be printed if following happens:
- ar9170.fw cannot be loaded
- the device is not AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N 2.4
- ar9170-1.fw can be loaded
- ar9170-2.fw cannot be loaded
Moreover, I checked the differences between 2.6.32 and 2.6.33, and I
don't see any changes that could affect the firmware download.
I suggest that you check what you have in /lib/firmware. Looks at the
file sizes. Maybe OpenSUSE only loads firmware from directories with
the kernel version, such as /lib/firmware/2.6.33?
You could try compat-wireless. It the has some changes to the firmware
load code.
If you have any further problems, please give the exact kernel log
messages as reported by dmesg, as they can contain some clues.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-05 22:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 7:35 Kernel 2.6.33: ar9170.fw firmware file not found Malte Gell
2010-03-04 8:57 ` Malte Gell
2010-03-05 22:26 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2010-03-05 22:31 ` Larry Finger
2010-03-06 2:42 ` Malte Gell
2010-03-10 5:37 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-03-10 7:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2010-03-11 6:48 ` Malte Gell
2010-03-11 7:40 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-03-11 8:33 ` Malte Gell
2010-03-11 18:25 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-03-15 10:23 ` Malte Gell
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