Hi Michael, Thanks for your response. I have tried putting it inside /etc/firmware. That's not working on my target. But compiling the firmware inside the kernel is something I haven't tried yet. Can you explain to me how I can do that?
Regards, Peter 2010/3/17 Michael Trimarchi <trimar...@gandalf.sssup.it> > Hi, > > > Peerke wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I want to get the libertas wifi module to work under android. >> >> When I build the module into the kernel I get the following error: >> >> libertas: can't load helper firmware >> libertas: failed to load helper firmware >> libertas_sdio: probe of mmc1:0001:1 failed with error -2 >> >> > You have two option: > > - compile the firmware inside the kernel image > - put in /etc/firmware > > The system/core/init/devices.c collect the UEVENT and load the firmware > throw the process_firmware_event function. The firwaredir is hard > coded and it's under /etc/firmware. This is true for master and cupcake > I think > > Best Regards > Michael Trimarchi > > I have copied the sd8686.bin and sd8686_helper.bin to /lib/firmware. >> >> When booting the kernel it hangs for 10-15 seconds and then gives the >> error above. >> >> Anyone knows where the kernel looks for these files? >> >> >> > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-kernel%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
