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Bug#635840: TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 doesn't work with kernel 3.0



On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 19:36 -0300, Willian Gustavo Veiga wrote:
> Ben, probably you're right. I've missed some information, sorry about that:
> 
> # dmesg
> [  312.484057] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
> [  312.664228] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=1002
> [  312.664233] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
> [  312.664237] usb 1-5: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> [  312.664239] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ATHER
> [  312.664241] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 12345
> [  312.780058] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
> [  312.954434] usb 1-5: firmware not found.

This driver requires the wireless controller to run different firmware,
which must be installed as /lib/firmware/carl9170-1.fw.  That file
should be included in the firmware-free package, but it isn't yet.  See
<http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#Firmware-1>.

Ben.

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