Bug 462485

Summary:	iwl4965: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Mauricio Teixeira <mteixeira>
Component:	iwl4965-firmware	Assignee:	John W. Linville <linville>
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Version:	5.2	CC:	helpdesk-rnd
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Description Mauricio Teixeira 2008-09-16 16:53:42 UTC

Description of problem:

Module iwl4965 looks for a firmware file which is not present.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

iwl4965-firmware-4.44.17-1
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. modprobe iwl496
2. dmesg | grep iwl
  
Actual results:

iwl4965: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
iwl4965: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwl4965: Could not read microcode: -2

# ls /lib/firmware/ | grep iwl
iwlwifi-4965.ucode

Expected results:

Module should load correctly and wireless should be working.

Additional info:

Workaround is:

# ln -s /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode

Module then loads correctly.

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2008-09-16 16:58:21 UTC

You need to update your firmware package from the Supplementary repository.