* Re: iwlegacy kernel module with SLES 12 SP1
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@ 2017-01-27 12:53 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
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From: Stanislaw Gruszka @ 2017-01-27 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hassell, William; +Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:49:05PM +0000, Hassell, William wrote:
> Hoping you can help.
> I installed SUSE SLES 12 SP1 on a Sony Vaio laptop.
> To my surprise, everything is working with the exception of the wireless device.
> It is an Intel WIFI 4965 AGN device and it works fine with Windows 7 OS.
>
> I have checked that the proper firmware is in /lib/firmware and dmesg shows
> the device is discovered at boot time but no kernel module is loaded.
>
> I see that there is a module iwlwifi in this distro but no iwlegacy.
> Do I need this? If so, how do I go about getting this wireless device to work?
You need iwl4965 and iwlegacy modules. IWL 4965 is pretty old device,
hence distribution might not compile/provide those modules.
Stanislaw
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