From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
To: Olivier Singla <osingla@sdicorporation.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ar9170 : firmware not loaded
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:59:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B76DA63.1070304@hauke-m.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B74D511.3080508@sdicorporation.com>
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Olivier Singla wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use the ar9170 driver with the netgear wn111v2, on an
> arm9 platform.
> I compiled the modules, and the driver loads fine:
>
> Module Size Used by
> ar9170usb 51188 1
> mac80211 170216 1 ar9170usb
> ath 7304 1 ar9170usb
> cfg80211 120852 3 ar9170usb,mac80211,ath
> rfkill_backport 15524 1 cfg80211
> compat 2336 2 mac80211,cfg80211
> compat_firmware_class 7072 2 ar9170usb
> pegasus 18052 0
> ohci_hcd 18428 0
> g_file_storage 21212 0
> at91_udc 12696 1 g_file_storage
>
> My issue is about the firmware, ar9170.fw. It is not found.
> I tried w/o luck 2 options:
> 1) loaded from user space under /lib/firmware
> 2) build the kernel 2.6.29 with ar9170.fw.
>
> With option (1), the only thing I see under /sys/class/firmware is the
> pseudo file timeout,
> no filename for 60" (like I think it should).
>
> Note that I have tried also an 802.11G adapter (iogear gwus23) with the
> very same issue.
> But in this case, the 'old' kernel I am using for arm9 (2.6.29) has
> support for this 802.11g adapter,
> and when I build it with 2.6.29 (therefore not using compat-wireless), I
> have no issue regarding
> loading the firmware (from user-space).
>
> If anybody had any idea what I am doing wrong or missing, I would really
> appreciate it!
>
> Regards,
> Olivier
Hi,
compat-wireless does not use /sys/class/firmware but
/sys/class/compat_firmware for firmware loading, because we had to
backport the firmware loading part. In the udev directory is a udev rule
and a script for firmware loading.
Hauke
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2010-02-12 4:12 ar9170 : firmware not loaded Olivier Singla
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