Bug 462485 - iwl4965: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
Summary: iwl4965: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: iwl4965-firmware
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: John W. Linville
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-09-16 16:53 UTC by Mauricio Teixeira
Modified: 2008-09-16 16:58 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-09-16 16:58:21 UTC
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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.
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