On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> [...]
>
>> Yes, this must be the kernel / firmware issue.  On my laptop, wireless
>> failed as well.  It apparently identified the hardware (4965) and
>> loaded the right driver (iwlagn).  This laptop currently runs SL-5 and
>> the wireless works fine with the iwl4965 module.
>
> I'm a bit confused. As far as I see iwlagn needs firmware iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode (?)
>
> # modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko | grep firmware
> firmware:       iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
>
> But we only have iwlwifi-4965.ucode in iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5
>
> # rpm -ql iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5
> /lib/firmware/LICENSE.iwlwifi-4965-ucode
> /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965.ucode
> /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17
> /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/LICENSE.iwlwifi-4965-ucode
> /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/README.iwlwifi-4965-ucode
>
> Troy, shouldn't we add iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode to iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5?
> Download it from Intel site:
> http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.23.tgz
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have a iwl4965 hardware for testing.
>
>        Urs

I should have posted a follow-up.  Yes, iwlagn needs ucode-2.  It is
available from the dag repo.  Installing
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.23-1.nodist.rf solves the problem.  This
package contains both -1 and -2.  If you install it *before* the 5.2
to 5.3 update, the 4965 wireless would work seamlessly.  I confirmed
this myself.

Akemi