[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Sam Sharpe schrieb: > > It's because the firmware installs as /lib/firmware/iwlwifi- > 4965.ucode > > but the driver is looking for /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode > > > > I fixed it in our laptop configs by doing this: > > > > # ln -s /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965.ucode \ > > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode > > > > Why this is the case I don't know and I was being lazy last week so I > > didn't do anything about it. > > under fedora9.x86_64 these are 2 different files. > > # ll /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185764 22. Nov 2007 > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191332 14. Jul 2007 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi- > 4965.ucode > # rpm -qf /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965* > iwl4965-firmware-4.44.1.20-1.noarch > iwl4965-firmware-4.44.1.20-1.noarch
Looking at the Source RPMs for that package: Fedora: iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tar.gz ==> iwlwifi-4965.ucode iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.20.tar.gz ==> iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode RHEL5: iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tar.gz ==> iwlwifi-4965.ucode So what I think is happening is that the iwl4965 driver is requesting the 4.44.1.20 firmware for the card in my laptop (HP Compaq TC4200) and I am effectively forcing it to load the 4.44.17 firmware instead - I have no idea what the ultimate effects of that are... If you let me know the BZ entry number, I'll add this information. -- Sam _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
