On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 09:50 -0800, Michael Gretes wrote: > Package: firmware-iwlwifi > Version: 0.36+wheezy.1 > Followup-For: Bug #769633 > > Dear Maintainer, > To get Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 wireless network adapter to > work, kernel 3.10+ is required (according to > http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm). > However, with kernel 3.16 (latest currently available in > wheezy-backports) and firmware-iwlwifi, /lib/firmware/ does not > contain iwlwifi-7260-x.ucode -- as a workaround, I needed to download > the driver manually from > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iwlwifi-7260-ucode-22.15.8.0.tgz (linked to by http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm) and extract iwlwifi-7260.8.ucode to /lib/firmware. This is fine as a workaround, but I feel this is beyond a typical novice user. This is not related to Josh's bug report. The firmware package you need is available in the wheezy-backports suite, the same place you got the kernel package... Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The world is coming to an end. Please log off.
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