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