Re: ipw2200 Broken 2.6.13: "firmware_loading_store: unexpected value (0)"

[Benoit Boissinot <bboissin@gmail.com>]

On 9/22/05, Ed Sweetman <safemode@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm using 2.6.13-mm1, and i tried both 1.0.6 and the included driver
> (both matched with the appropriate ieee80211 driver) and I'm using
> debian unstable's version of hotplug Version: 0.0.20031013-2.   I have
> very little installed on this computer as it's a WRAP board with mini
> pci intel 2915.  Is anything in userspace required to load firmware
> besides hotplug? I dont use udev or devfs ...not sure if there are /dev
> entries or what.
>
> I'm getting this error constantly (thousands of times a second when
> modprobing the ipw2200 driver (any version)
>
> firmware_loading_store: unexpected value (0)
>
>
> I have the firmware available in every possible accepted location for
> firmware.   I have no doubt that it's finding the firmware, but unable
> to load it.  My sysfs driver directory for the pci device has no "data"
> file/directory in it, which I thought is where firmware is loaded.
>
> If any other info is required to figure this problem out.  Just mention
> it.  I'll provide everything.  Attached is my config for the kernel in
> question.
>

you should upgrade to at least .13-mm3 or revert :
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13/2.6.13-mm2/broken-out/gregkh-driver-sysfs-strip_leading_trailing_whitespace-fix.patch


regards,

Benoit Boissinot
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