Intel PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 firmware on FC5

Gregory P. Ennis PoMec at PoMec.Net
Sat Jun 17 22:00:51 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 15:00 -0400, Lucas Brasilino wrote:
> Hi Dave:
> 
> >  > I know theres actually two threads about wireless support
> >  > on FC5, but I didn't start reading it from beginning.
> >  > 
> >  > Why not IntelPRO 2200BG/2915ABG firmware was packaged into kernel rpm,
> >  > or something like it? Due licensing issues?
> > 
> > Yes. There's a problem with redistribution rights.
> 
> Ok, but a note at 'Release Notes' about it should be nice but not
> just `Support for wireless cards Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 and
> 2200 has been added.'.
> Another thing, I think 'ipw2200' module should not be loaded if firmware
> is not present...
> 
> 
I just put FC5 on an HP laptop with an IntelPRO 2200BG and can not get
it to work either.  Does the firmware have to be obtained from Intel?
Is there a way to make the wireless network active?

Here are some of my entries in dmesg

ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.7
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation
<jketreno at linux.intel.com>
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.0.8
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation


ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:06.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

ipw2200: ipw-2.4-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:06:06.0 failed with error -5

Your help would be appreciated.

Greg Ennis





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