Bug#495685: firmware-iwlwifi: microcode error

[Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it>]

Package: firmware-iwlwifi
Version: 0.12
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I got this when I try to load iwl3945:

When I try the command:
modprobe iwl3945

it hangs for half a minute, then I get this error:

iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 disabled
iwl3945: probe of 0000:10:00.0 failed with error -2

I'm using firmware-iwlwifi 0.12, with a linux-2.6.24 i686 debian
custom kernel.

Regards.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

-- no debconf information