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Bug#682063: firmware-iwlwifi: Version 0.36 breaks firmware loading



Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> writes:

> Package: firmware-iwlwifi
> Version: 0.36
> Severity: important
>
> Hello,
>
> With the version 0.36 of firmware-iwlwifi fails to load the iwlagn module with the error:
> Jul 19 08:39:23 pomegues kernel: [ 1241.775811] iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode' failed.
> Jul 19 08:39:23 pomegues kernel: [ 1241.779455] iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6000g2b-4.ucode' failed.
>
> Rollback to 0.35 fixes the problem.
>
> Thanks for your work,
> Sylvestre
>
>
> PS: modinfo iwlagn gives:
> # modinfo iwlagn
> filename:       /lib/modules/3.1.0-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko

Your kernel is not in the archive.  The firmware-iwlwifi package support
all kernels in squeeze, wheezy and sid. You need to keep track of the
necessary firmware yourself if you want to run other kernel versions.


Bjørn


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