Return-path: Received: from mail-pv0-f174.google.com ([74.125.83.174]:36705 "EHLO mail-pv0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752014Ab1EJCCf (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2011 22:02:35 -0400 Received: by pvg12 with SMTP id 12so2616264pvg.19 for ; Mon, 09 May 2011 19:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DC89CB7.7030409@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20110510_040239_160328_6752D08D) Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 21:02:31 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wireless Subject: Firmware problem for iwl6000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I am helping a user on the openSUSE forum. His dmesg output is as follows: > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 2x2 AGN REV=0x74 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X > phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2 > iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2 The kernel in question is 2.6.37. The only firmware for the iwl6000 in the openSUSE packages is iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode, and that is all I find in linux-firmware. What advice should I give? Apparently, he tried a link of iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode to the .4 variety, but got an invalid firmware message. Thanks, Larry