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ZmjbS Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 136 Location: Reykjavík, Ísland
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:24 pm Post subject: Firmware in /lib/firmware/ not showing up in modinfo |
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I'm trying to set Gentoo up on a machine with only a wireless network card, the Intel Wireless-N 7260, which uses the iwlwifi driver.
The latest minimal-install disk (booted over usb) contains the 7260 ucode and it is present in /lib/firmware/. Running "modprobe iwlwifi" loads the module, but no new network interface seems to pop up (which is, I guess, not surprising seeing how modinfo doesn't seem to have access to the right firmware).
Any ideas or insight?
Cheers,
Martin _________________ Signatures are, like, so cool... |
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albright Advocate
Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 2588 Location: Near Toronto
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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if you haven't already, you can try different firmware downloadable
from
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi#Firmware _________________ .... there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth
doing as simply messing about with Linux ...
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ZmjbS Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 136 Location: Reykjavík, Ísland
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the minimal install has kernel version 3.12 for which the firmware is included (.7 is for 3.10
while .8 and .9 are for versions 3.13+ and 3.14+).
Furthermore, the installation medium is mounted read-only so I can't add the other versions even just to give it a shot. _________________ Signatures are, like, so cool... |
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SamuliSuominen Retired Dev
Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 2133 Location: Finland
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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$ qlist linux-firmware|grep 7260
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode
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Are you sure you have the *right* 7260 ucode? Have you tried installing the linux-firmware ebuild? |
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ZmjbS Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 136 Location: Reykjavík, Ísland
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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ssuominen wrote: | Are you sure you have the *right* 7260 ucode? |
Fairly certain, yes, seeing how the minimal install iso has the 3.12 kernel. The iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode is the firmware for that version and the version that comes with the iso.
ssuominen wrote: | Have you tried installing the linux-firmware ebuild? |
No, as I have neither a working setup (this is the minimal install iso) nor an internet connection (as this is the only wireless card). _________________ Signatures are, like, so cool... |
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