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Re: Problem bringing up wlan0 interface up with mainline wl1271 drivers

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On Dec 17, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Arik Nemtsov wrote:

> Ethernet addresses with the LSB of the first octet turned on are considered multicast addresses. Please try:
> 
> ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:22:33:44:55:66

That worked, now the only thing is to put the firmware file in the appropriate place, I guess:

# ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:22:33:44:55:66

# ifconfig wlan0 up

[  153.843597] wl1271: ERROR could not get firmware: -2

Where should the firmware file be located? /etc/firmware ? 

Elvis Dowson
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