kern/42069: iwi fails to initialise, due to firmware load problems

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>Number:         42069
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       iwi fails to initialise, due to firmware load problems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 15 16:45:00 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Gabor Gergely
>Release:        5.99.17
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD hunyadi.local 5.99.17 NetBSD 5.99.17 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Sep 12 04:15:36 
UTC 2009  
builds%b6.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/i386/200909120000Z-obj/home/builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 i386

>Description:
using the iwi driver (Intel IPW2200BG, with the apropriate sysctl eula enabled) 
i get the following error in dmesg:

iwi0: could not cache the firmware
iwi0: cannot assign link-local address
iwi0: timeout waiting for ucode to initialize
iwi0: could not load microcode
iwi0: cannot assign link-local address
iwi0: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete
iwi0: could not load main firmware

>How-To-Repeat:
ifconfig iwi0 up
>Fix:
no idea, but please, if you can.