From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesper Juhl Subject: [PATCH] wrong firmware location in IPW2100 Kconfig entry (Was: IPW2100 Kconfig) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:48:29 +0200 Message-ID: <200509062048.29495.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> References: <005101c5b311$4ca69a50$a20cc60a@amer.sykes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com, Roman Zippel , Sam Ravnborg Return-path: To: Alejandro Bonilla In-Reply-To: <005101c5b311$4ca69a50$a20cc60a@amer.sykes.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 06 September 2005 20:32, Alejandro Bonilla wrote: > Hi, > > I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from linux-2.6 and the menuconfig > help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in /etc/firmware, it should > be /lib/firmware. > > Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that? > Firmware should go into /lib/firmware, not /etc/firmware. Found by Alejandro Bonilla. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl --- drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.13-mm1-orig/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig 2005-09-02 23:59:51.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.13-mm1/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig 2005-09-06 20:39:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. You can obtain the firmware from . Once you have the firmware image, you - will need to place it in /etc/firmware. + will need to place it in /lib/firmware. You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to configure your card: