Return-path: Received: from mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch ([130.92.0.84]:47593 "EHLO mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755938Ab1FAMdG (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:33:06 -0400 Received: from localhost (scanhub-lb2.unibe.ch [130.92.0.75]) by mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388A980A81 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch ([130.92.0.84]) by localhost (scanhub-lb2.unibe.ch [130.92.0.75]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rVYN-Njo+YTI for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.iam.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C1AC8109C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [130.92.65.69] (apu [130.92.65.69]) by mail.iam.unibe.ch (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p51CPbf2028250 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:38 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <4DE62FC1.9010500@iam.unibe.ch> (sfid-20110601_143313_134896_685B8544) Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:25:37 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ulrich_B=FCrgi?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Failed to find firmware Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello everyone, I cross-compiled a Kernel (2.6.37.2) to run on an ARM device (Gumstix Overo). Now I would like to use two Wifi devices: the on-board Marvell 88W8686 based chip as well as an Atheros based TP-LINK USB stick. The problem is, however, that every time I load the libertas and the atheros modules, it fails with the errors 'libertas: failed to find firmware (-2)' and 'ath9k_htc: Firmware - ar9271.fw not found', respectively. I've attached all related log messages at the bottom of this mail. As you can see, the firmware files are present in /lib/firmware: root@lba09:~ # ls -lR /lib/firmware/ /lib/firmware/: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51312 May 31 2011 ar9271.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51272 May 31 2011 htc_9271.fw drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:01 libertas /lib/firmware/libertas: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96716 May 31 2011 sd8385.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2140 May 31 2011 sd8385_helper.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155648 May 31 2011 sd8682.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2616 May 31 2011 sd8682_helper.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122800 May 31 2011 sd8686_v8.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 May 31 2011 sd8686_v8_helper.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124188 May 31 2011 sd8686_v9.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2516 May 31 2011 sd8686_v9_helper.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259172 May 31 2011 sd8688.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2616 May 31 2011 sd8688_helper.bin These files are from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/dwmw2/firmware/linux-firmware-20110518.tar.gz Do the modules look for firmware in other places besides /lib/firmware? I also tried copying them to /var/lib/firmware without success. Or does anybody have another idea what could be wrong? Thank you, Ulrich -- root@lba09:~ # modprobe -v libertas_sdio insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_sdio.ko.gz Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: device class 'firmware': registering Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: device class 'ieee80211': registering Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: Registering platform device 'regulatory.0'. Parent at platform Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'regulatory.0': device_add Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'platform': add device regulatory.0 Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Adding info for platform:regulatory.0 Jan 1 01:06:43 lba09 user.info kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.info kernel: libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.info kernel: libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'sdio': add driver libertas_sdio Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'sdio': driver_probe_device: matched device mmc1:0001:1 with driver libertas_sdio Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'sdio': really_probe: probing driver libertas_sdio with device mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting libertas/sd8686_v9_helper.bin Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_add Jan 1 01:06:44 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Adding info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:07:45 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_unregister Jan 1 01:07:45 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Removing info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:07:45 lba09 user.debug kernel: libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting libertas/sd8686_v8_helper.bin Jan 1 01:07:45 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_add Jan 1 01:07:45 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Adding info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:08:46 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_unregister Jan 1 01:08:46 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Removing info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:08:46 lba09 user.debug kernel: libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686_helper.bin Jan 1 01:08:46 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_add Jan 1 01:08:46 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Adding info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:09:47 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: 'mmc1:0001:1': device_unregister Jan 1 01:09:47 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Removing info for No Bus:mmc1:0001:1 Jan 1 01:09:47 lba09 user.err kernel: libertas: failed to find firmware (-2) Jan 1 01:09:47 lba09 user.warn kernel: libertas_sdio: probe of mmc1:0001:1 failed with error -2 -- root@lba09:~ # modprobe -v ath9k_htc insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko.gz Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: usb wakeup-resume Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: rpm_resume flags 0x4 Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: usb auto-resume Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: resume root hub Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: GetStatus port:2 status 001803 0 ACK POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT Jan 1 01:12:25 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2: status 0501 change 0001 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: rpm_resume returns 0 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 3 chg 0004 evt 0000 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: rpm_resume flags 0x4 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: rpm_resume flags 0x0 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb usb1: rpm_resume returns 1 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: rpm_resume returns 0 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2, status 0501, change 0000, 480 Mb/s Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: port 2 high speed Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: GetStatus port:2 status 001005 0 ACK POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 2 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: port 2 high speed Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: GetStatus port:2 status 001005 0 ACK POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: rpm_resume flags 0x0 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: rpm_resume returns -11 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: default language 0x0409 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: udev 2, busnum 1, minor = 1 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: Product: USB2.0 WLAN Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: ATHEROS Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.info kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 12345 Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: '1-2': device_add Jan 1 01:12:26 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'usb': add device 1-2 Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'usb': add driver ath9k_hif_usb Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'usb': driver_probe_device: matched device 1-2:1.0 with driver ath9k_hif_usb Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: bus: 'usb': really_probe: probing driver ath9k_hif_usb with device 1-2:1.0 Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: ath9k_hif_usb 1-2:1.0: usb_probe_interface Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: ath9k_hif_usb 1-2:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: rpm_resume flags 0x4 Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: rpm_resume returns 1 Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: usb 1-2: firmware: requesting ar9271.fw Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: '1-2': device_add Jan 1 01:12:38 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Adding info for No Bus:1-2 Jan 1 01:13:39 lba09 user.debug kernel: device: '1-2': device_unregister Jan 1 01:13:39 lba09 user.debug kernel: PM: Removing info for No Bus:1-2 Jan 1 01:13:39 lba09 user.err kernel: usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware - ar9271.fw not found Jan 1 01:13:39 lba09 user.warn kernel: ath9k_hif_usb: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -22 Jan 1 01:13:39 lba09 user.info kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_hif_usb