I'm still using one of the 2.6.14.x kernels, but I don't think that should
make any difference (and I have an ipw2100 instead of an ipw2200). When you
installed hotplug, it should have made a directory /etc/hotplug and put a
bunch of *.agent files in there. One of those is firmware.agent. Mine looks
like this:
#
#!/bin/sh
#
# Firmware-specific hotplug policy agent.
#
# Kernel firmware hotplug params include:
#
# ACTION=%s [add or remove]
# DEVPATH=%s [in 2.5 kernels, /sys/$DEVPATH]
# FIRMWARE=%s
#
# HISTORY:
#
# 24-Jul-2003 Initial version of "new" hotplug agent.
#
# $Id: firmware.agent,v 1.4 2004/09/20 21:23:51 kroah Exp $
#
cd /etc/hotplug
. ./hotplug.functions
# DEBUG=yes export DEBUG
# directory of the firmware files
FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware
# mountpoint of sysfs
SYSFS=$(sed -n 's/^.* \([^ ]*\) sysfs .*$/\1/p' /proc/mounts)
# use /proc for 2.4 kernels
if [ "$SYSFS" = "" ]; then
SYSFS=/proc
fi
#
# What to do with this firmware hotplug event?
#
case "$ACTION" in
add)
if [ ! -e $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading ]; then
sleep 1
fi
if [ -f "$FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE" ]; then
echo 1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
cp "$FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE" $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/data
echo 0 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
else
echo -1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
fi
;;
remove)
;;
*)
mesg "Firmware '$ACTION' event not supported"
exit 1
;;
esac
Notice that there is the line:
FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware
You should have that set to the location where you plan on sticking your
firmware. In my case, all of the firmware files are in /lib/firmware and I
have never seen a problem like you are having.
On Saturday 07 January 2006 16:48, Dr. Edgar Alwers wrote:
> I am trying to put in operation an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG WLAN centrino
> laptop. I did compile a 2.6.15 kernel, which is supposed to support WLAN.
> So far, I also downloaded the firmware ipw2200-fw-2.4 from Intel, and here
> my problem starts: I did unpack the firmware ipw2200-fw-2.4 in
> /etc/firmware, as the documentation of kernel 2.6.15 says, but during the
> boot process I get a "ipw-2.4-boot.fw load failed. Reason -2" message.
> Googling this message tells me, that the firmware is probably not placed
> in the right directory. Well, I put the firmware
> in /lib/firmware, /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware, /etc/firmware etc. etc.,
> withouth results.
> Obviously I have a hotplug-problem. Can someone tell me, where does the
> kernel 2.6.15 look for firmware ? What is a "firmware.agent" I am reading
> from some distributions, is there something similar availaible for scratch
> ? I am struggling with my wireless laptop on linux, but, very sad to say,
> it is working fine on windows.
> Help very appreciated !
> Edgar
> --
> ---------------------
> Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers
> Weinheim
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