ipw2200: Unable to load firmware

[Sergio Antoy]

Jim Lawrence writes:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:29:52 -0800, Sergio Antoy <antoy at cs.pdx.edu> wrote:
> > I installed kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 in a Sony Vaio VGN S260.
> > If I boot with the wireless switch on, in the log messages I
> > find
> > 
> > Mar  9 15:49:43 antoy kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed
> > Mar  9 15:49:43 antoy kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
> > Mar  9 15:49:44 antoy kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device
> > Mar  9 15:49:48 antoy kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:0b.0 failed with error -
> > If I boot with the switch off, the system dies when I turn the
> > switch on. No messages in the case.
> > 
> > The wireless card used to work in an older kernel.
> > 
> > Sergio
> >
> did you install the wireless via rpms?

I had not.  But now I do.

> do you have the kernel module for the .770 kernel?
> 
> try   rpm -qa | grep ipw2200
> to see what ya got 

ipw2200-firmware-2.2-2.1.fc3.fr

Now the message is slightly different.

Mar 10 10:59:50 antoy kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200_ucode.fw load failed
Mar 10 10:59:54 antoy kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
Mar 10 10:59:55 antoy kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device
Mar 10 10:59:55 antoy kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:0b.0 failed with error -5

The command lsmod shows

ipw2200                62029  0
ieee80211              19525  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6725  1 ieee80211

> Jim Lawrence
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Thanks,
Sergio