Subject: Re: iwi0 can't load firmware
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 10/07/2006 18:56:44
> I'm running
>
> # uname -srm
> NetBSD 4.99.3 i386
>
> on my laptop and I can't use my iwi0 any more (this used to work with
> older 3.99.something). Now I just get this in dmesg:
>
> # dmesg | grep iwi
> iwi0 at pci1 dev 13 function 0: Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2200BG Mini-PCI 
> Adapter (rev. 0x05)
> iwi0: interrupting at irq 11
> iwi0: 802.11 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> iwi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> iwi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 
> 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> iwi0: timeout waiting for ucode to initialize
> iwi0: could not load microcode
>
> Before you ask, I have this installed from pkgsrc:
>
> # pkg_info | grep iwi
> iwi-firmware-2.3nb1 Firmware binary images for iwi(4) driver

# sysctl hw.firmware.path
hw.firmware.path = /libdata/firmware:/usr/libdata/firmware:/usr/pkg/libdata/firmware:/usr/pkg/libdata

# ls -lh /usr/pkg/libdata/if_iwi
total 548K
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   12K Oct  7 10:28 LICENSE
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  6.3K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-boot.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  163K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-bss.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  158K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-ibss.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  161K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-sniffer.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   16K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-ucode-bss.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   16K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-ucode-ibss.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   16K Oct  7 10:28 iwi-ucode-sniffer.fw