[SOLVED ]Where is /lib/firmware?

ecce · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 92

I'm trying to get the Intel 4965 wifi working. I've followed instruction on http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?p=iwlwifi&n=HOWTO-iwlwifi and installed the mac80211 subsystem without difficulties. The problems begins here:

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

On my system, /lib/firmware is created by the iwl3945-ucode ebuild:

VinzC · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:25 am Post subject:

I believe the /lib/firmware directory is not created until you emerge a package, which contains a firmware, like ipw3945, for instance.
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ecce · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 92

Since I can't merge any package for 4965 (masked), should I create that directory manually and just continue?

Another thing: Since hotplug init scripts are now gone ("dead and buried"), emerging coldplug seems to be the solution. However coldplug conflicts with >=udev-089 (I have 115). Is the only solution to do a downgrade of udev?

ianw1974 · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

Just unmask the package and then install it, that would be far simpler. Then no need to manually download and install the packages how you are trying right now. I have IPW 3945, but I've used both ipw3945 and iwl3945 drivers, and it installs the iwl4956 as well even if I don't need it. I unmasked the packages, and it's easier so if updates come in the future, your packages will upgrade as well.

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

ianw1974 · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject:

ecce · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 92

Package is masked by package.mask. I tried:

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

that should work
I have:

tylerwylie · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

ecce · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 92

I have no package.unmask file. I created one, but it doesn't seem to matter. emerge doesn't seem to look in that file at all.

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

do you have net-wireless/iwlwifi set in both package.unmask and package.keywords?

show us the output of

ianw1974 · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

package.keywords is if it's masked because of the ~x86 parameter. package.unmask is where you put them if it's masked out for some other reason. I've sometimes had to put the package in both, as it was masked for ~x86 and the other as well.

Here are mine for the iwlwifi:

ecce · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 92

Got it! It was masked by both package.mask and ~x86 keyword. I did:

ianw1974 · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

The way you've done it, it won't allow upgrades. Because you've got the physical package versioning as well. If it just had the category/packagename like mine, it will upgrade the packages when a new one becomes available in portage.