Re: could not load wpi firmware

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

On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:29:48 +0100
Joel CARNAT <joel%carnat.net@localhost> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 05 2008 - 17:07, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Using NetBSD 4.99.46/amd64 and wpi-firmware2-2.14.4, I get
> > > > > "wpi0: fatal firmware error" when doing "ifconfig wpi0 up".
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > It seems to be working fine for me on 4.99.48/amd64 with that
> > > > firmware version.  I don't feel like adding an IP address to it
> > > > just now, but it ifconfigs up and tcpdump is receiving packets.
> > > > 
> > > hum... I tried a 4.99.48 kernel but it doesn't help.
> > > 
> > > I booted on a USB-HD, with full /i386 install and the NIC comes
> > > up, so I guess it's not my hardware. Could it be something from
> > > the userland ?
> > > 
> > No clue.  My userland is older, but only slightly. 
> > 
> 
> I've reinstalled from a full 4.99.48 (from
> NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200712300000Z) but it does not help.
> 
> I've also tried not having /usr on a dedicated FFSv2 partition.
> Then tried having the firmware on the same partition as /.
> Both didn't help :-(
> 
> I took wpi-firmware2 from
> "pub/NetBSD/packages/current-packages/NetBSD/x86_64/4.0/sysutils" as I
> understood it was just a file copy of the firmware. Maybe this is the
> thing that is not right ?
> 
I just did a 'make install' via pkgsrc, which took O(0) time.


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