On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 03:42 +0100, Malte Gell wrote: > Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote > > > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 08:35 +0100, Malte Gell wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just upgraded from Kernel 2.6.32 to 2.6.33 and the ar9170 driver > > > suddenly says "firmware file not found". > > Ok, this is what the kernel says: > > <6>[ 12.020028] usb 1-3: firmware: requesting ar9170.fw > <3>[ 72.050094] usb 1-3: ar9170.fw firmware file not found, trying old > firmware... > <6>[ 72.066421] usb 1-3: firmware: requesting ar9170-1.fw > <3>[ 132.080085] usb 1-3: file with init values not found. > <4>[ 132.096535] ar9170usb: probe of 1-3:1.0 failed with error -2 > <6>[ 132.113558] usbcore: registered new interface driver ar9170usb > > I have the same firmware in /lib/firmware I use with 2.6.32 and it is actually a > Fritz WLAN N stick... Oh, I see. I misunderstood you. When you mentioned that you get the message "firmware file not found", I thought you were getting that message without the firmware name. Indeed, the driver can print it under some rare circumstances, but it's not the case here. I should have asked you for the exact kernel log output before delving into the sources and trying to guess what is happening. That serves me a lesson. So you have a case of the firmware not loading at all. I'm pretty sure the problem lies outside the driver, and likely outside the kernel. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
