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SubjectRe: 3.1-rc9 wifi problem
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On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 19:16 -0700, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 10/16/2011 08:33 PM, werner wrote:
> > I have to wait until the friend with the laptop comes back, perhaps this week.
> > Then I can look what wireless card is in it.
> >
> > However, now I remember me: that laptop worked only good since 2.6.39 with the
> > new kernel-embedded modules. Before, it didn't work normally, i.e. on booting
> > the wireless almost never didn't switch on; only ocasionally .
> >
> >
> > And, beside of kernel 2.6.39, and the normal wifi software, I still had him to
> > install a file iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode or .5 ucode (i'm not sure, the number can
> > also be 5000), and I had the problem to search long time for that file because
> > one find only .2 or .4 in internet but what don't work at that wifi card. You
> > could improve the kernel-module so that everything is included so that one don't
> > need to search such files.
>
> That will not happen. In fact, the trend is from having firmware be a part of
> the driver to having it be external.
>
> I don't know what distro you use, but mine (openSUSE) maintains a package called
> kernel-firmware that contains all the redistributable firmware that is available
> from tne linux-firmware git tree. If that package is installed, then you do not
> have to search for firmware in most cases. If your distro does not have such a
> package, then complain or find another distro.
>
> > Then, with this kernel and that file however, it worked without any problem.
> >
> > I hope from these informations you can find out what wifi card or what driver is
> > in the laptop.
>
> We can tell that you have an Intel card, but not much more.
>
> Larry
>

Not knowing much about what problem you encounter, but you can find all
the latest intel WiFi firmware at
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads

Thanks
Wey



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