Re: [joel%carnat.net@localhost: could not load wpi firmware]

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:14:42 +0100
Joel CARNAT <joel%carnat.net@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 06 2008 - 21:10, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> >> It seems that wpi firmware is not loadable anymore on my Dell XPS
> >> M1330 since 4.99.46. The last working install I had was
> >> 4.99.40/i386. I was told on /amd64 that a T61 is working with
> >> 4.99.46 so this is possibly an issue with the M1330 rather than
> >> the whole wpi driver.
> >>
> >> The error is: "wpi0: fatal firmware error".
> >
> > Possibly a silly question - are you sure the transmitter is on?
> > This is the error you get if it's off and you attempt to ifconfig
> > up the interface. Is there a physical switch on the device?
> >
> 
> Well...
> I didn't touch the physical switch between the netbsd-4 boot (which
> worked and from which I'm sending this mail) and the -current boot
> (which fails). I still double checked and yes, the switch is set to
> "ON".
> 
Hmm....  Does 'ifconfig wpi0' show RUNNING or not?  If not, turn the
switch off and on.  I've found that my some USB-connected wireless
devices don't always reappear when the switch is turned back on.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb