On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:01:22 +0000
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
> > Bug!!: I tried loading the firmware for the wifi if. DI asked all
> > the right questions, and I gave it all the right answers. But it
> > never connected. The dhcp server never got a request, and on the
> > target hardware, ethtool-lite reported "carrier down".
> >
>
> How did you try to load the firmware - via USB stick / untarring a
> tar ball? What did it report in logs. Yes, I know, it's a nuisance
> installing firmware this way but it ought to work.
USB stick, no tarball.
Selected extracts from the logs and other information are in the
attached file, dragon.cpu.txt.
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root@dragon:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
stepping : 6
microcode : 0x18
cpu MHz : 600.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush
dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe bts est tm2
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds
swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips : 1199.01
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
root@dragon:~# uname -mpi
i686 unknown unknown
root@dragon:~# free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1258 186 79 14 992 894
Swap: 1951 1 1950
Total: 3210 187 2030
root@dragon:~#
Selected lines from /var/log/installer/hardware-summary:
lspci -knn: 02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless
2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2711]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
lspci -knn: Kernel modules: ipw2200
lsmod: lib80211_crypt_wep 16384 1
lsmod: libarc4 16384 1 lib80211_crypt_wep
lsmod: ipw2200 139264 0
lsmod: libipw 32768 1 ipw2200
lsmod: lib80211 16384 2 lib80211_crypt_wep,libipw
lsmod: cfg80211 577536 2 ipw2200,libipw
lsmod: rfkill 20480 1 cfg80211
lsmod: nls_ascii 16384 0
lsmod: nls_cp437 16384 0
/proc/iomem: c0200000-cfffffff : PCI Bus 0000:02
/proc/iomem: c0204000-c0204fff : 0000:02:02.0
/proc/iomem: c0204000-c0204fff : ipw2200
/proc/iomem: c0205000-c0205fff : 0000:02:08.0
/proc/iomem: c0205000-c0205fff : e100
/proc/iomem: c4000000-c7ffffff : PCI CardBus 0000:03
/proc/interrupts: 9: 717 XT-PIC acpi
/proc/interrupts: 11: 136193 XT-PIC yenta, ehci_hcd:usb1,
uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4, ipw2200, enp2s8
/proc/interrupts: 12: 2 XT-PIC i8042
Selected lines from /var/log/installer/syslog:
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.347771] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel
Corporation <jketr...@linux.intel.com>
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.359982] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915
Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.359985] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.360261] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.360325] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: failed
to load ipw2200-bss.fw (-2)
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.360328] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: Direct firmware
load for ipw2200-bss.fw failed with error -2
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.360331] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
Dec 25 15:44:24 kernel: [ 112.360435] ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed
with error -5
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: looking at dmesg again, restarting from
\[ 41.376386\]
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: timestamp found, truncating dmesg
accordingly
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: saving timestamp for a later use: [
112.360435]
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file regulatory.db
requested by platform
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file
ipw2200-bss.fw requested by ipw2200
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not
exist, skipping
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not
exist, skipping
Dec 25 15:44:27 check-missing-firmware: missing firmware files (regulatory.db
ipw2200-bss.fw) for ipw2200 platform
Dec 25 15:44:28 kernel: [ 115.953931] isofs_fill_super: bread failed,
dev=sda4, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Dec 25 15:44:28 kernel: [ 115.978881] isofs_fill_super: bread failed,
dev=sda4, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Dec 25 15:44:30 check-missing-firmware: installing firmware package
/media/firmware-ipw2x00_20200918-1_all.deb
Dec 25 15:44:51 check-missing-firmware: removing and loading kernel module
ipw2200
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.007760] lib80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm
'NULL'
...
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.077499] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel
Corporation <jketr...@linux.intel.com>
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.089169] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915
Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.089171] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.089454] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.089855] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware:
direct-loading firmware ipw2200-bss.fw
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.216509] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11
802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
Dec 25 15:44:51 kernel: [ 139.226598] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0 wlp2s2: renamed
from eth0
Dec 25 15:44:51 check-missing-firmware: removing and loading kernel module
platform
...
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: saving timestamp for a later use: [
1230.545750]
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file regulatory.db
requested by platform
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file
ipw2200-bss.fw requested by ipw2200
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file regulatory.db
requested by platform
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not
exist, skipping
Dec 25 23:03:04 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not
exist, skipping
...
Dec 25 23:36:05 main-menu[228]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Dec 25 23:36:10 kernel: [ 3219.142852] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.
Restarting.
Dec 25 23:39:27 main-menu[228]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
...
Packages on the USB thumbdrive used at boot:
root@dragon:~# ll /mnt/*deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4933760 Dec 25 15:50
/mnt/firmware-amd-graphics_20200918-1_all.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 254892 Dec 25 15:50
/mnt/firmware-ipw2x00_20200918-1_all.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13868 Dec 25 15:50
/mnt/wireless-regdb_2020.04.29-2_all.deb
root@dragon:~#
