On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:19:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > [thimk][root][~] lspci -k | grep -i -B 1 5100 > Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] > Network Connection > Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN > > Note that that it's not being "loaded" as a module. I'm building into > the kernel itself. Here's a snippet from .config
It doesn't look like it's loading the firmware. Are there any obvious firmware- loading errors in dmesg ? If not, it might be worth installing `sys-apps/lshw` and running `lshw -C network` to see kernel resource information regarding the device. > # > # Firmware loader > # > CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode" > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" That looks fine, although why are you using such an outdated version of the microcode ? For kernels 2.6.38+, you can use 8.83.5.1-1. > > Did you install the iwlwifi microcode from sys-kernel/linux-firmware > > (linux-firmware.git), or directly from kernel.org ? > > Directly from kernel.org itself. As I mentioned, the <Help> feature in > "make menuconfig" pointed there. I basically ran... > > wget [link clipped] Perhaps it would be better to install it from the Gentoo-provided firmware package ? Amend /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware to include the appropriate entries (listing at [1]), and emerge `linux-firmware` with the `savedconfig` USE-flag. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ -- Ashley Dixon suugaku.co.uk 2A9A 4117 DA96 D18A 8A7B B0D2 A30E BF25 F290 A8AA
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