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[alpine-user] ipw2200 wireless

Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>
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Hi,

I have this wireless:
04:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG 
[Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

in dmesg I see:
[    8.070206] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[    8.070210] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation 
<jketreno@linux.intel.com>
[    8.199377] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 
1.2.2kmprq
[    8.199379] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[    8.199593] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network 
Connection
[    8.338669] ipw2200 0000:04:02.0: Direct firmware load for 
ipw2200-bss.fw failed with error -2
[    8.338674] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
[    8.338676] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
[    8.338849] ipw2200: probe of 0000:04:02.0 failed with error -5
[    8.509149] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7


I suppose firmware is missing or is not loaded for other reasons.

I have installed  	linux-firmware-intel, but mayube it is not enough or 
some other config is missing?

Looking at other distribution forums, I should have ipw2200-bss.fw 
ipw2200-ibss.fw as firmware, but I do not have.


Thank you.

Riccardo


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Paul Zillmann <p.zillmann@h6g.de>
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Hello,

looks like there is no packet for that firmware in the repositories [1].
Only the kernel module "ipw2200" which you've already loaded.

1: 
https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/contents?file=ipw2200*&path=&name=&branch=v3.7

Paul

Am 08.05.2018 um 23:57 schrieb Riccardo Mottola:
> Hi,
>
> I have this wireless:
> 04:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG 
> [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
>
> in dmesg I see:
> [    8.070206] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
> [    8.070210] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation 
> <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
> [    8.199377] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network 
> Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
> [    8.199379] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> [    8.199593] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network 
> Connection
> [    8.338669] ipw2200 0000:04:02.0: Direct firmware load for 
> ipw2200-bss.fw failed with error -2
> [    8.338674] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
> [    8.338676] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
> [    8.338849] ipw2200: probe of 0000:04:02.0 failed with error -5
> [    8.509149] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
>
>
> I suppose firmware is missing or is not loaded for other reasons.
>
> I have installed      linux-firmware-intel, but mayube it is not 
> enough or some other config is missing?
>
> Looking at other distribution forums, I should have ipw2200-bss.fw 
> ipw2200-ibss.fw as firmware, but I do not have.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Riccardo
>
>
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Paul Zillmann <p.zillmann@h6g.de>
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I believe it's due to the license.
But you can find that file(s) in the Debian repositories under 
/debian/config/ipw2x00/ in the tar file.
Debian puts it under /lib/firmware/ipw2200-[bss/ibss].fw

http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20161130-3.debian.tar.xz

Paul

Am 09.05.2018 um 14:36 schrieb Paul Zillmann:
> Hello,
>
> looks like there is no packet for that firmware in the repositories [1].
> Only the kernel module "ipw2200" which you've already loaded.
>
> 1: 
> https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/contents?file=ipw2200*&path=&name=&branch=v3.7
>
> Paul
>
> Am 08.05.2018 um 23:57 schrieb Riccardo Mottola:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have this wireless:
>> 04:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG 
>> [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
>>
>> in dmesg I see:
>> [    8.070206] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
>> [    8.070210] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation 
>> <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
>> [    8.199377] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network 
>> Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
>> [    8.199379] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
>> [    8.199593] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network 
>> Connection
>> [    8.338669] ipw2200 0000:04:02.0: Direct firmware load for 
>> ipw2200-bss.fw failed with error -2
>> [    8.338674] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: 
>> Reason -2
>> [    8.338676] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
>> [    8.338849] ipw2200: probe of 0000:04:02.0 failed with error -5
>> [    8.509149] input: PC Speaker as 
>> /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
>>
>>
>> I suppose firmware is missing or is not loaded for other reasons.
>>
>> I have installed      linux-firmware-intel, but mayube it is not 
>> enough or some other config is missing?
>>
>> Looking at other distribution forums, I should have ipw2200-bss.fw 
>> ipw2200-ibss.fw as firmware, but I do not have.
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Riccardo
>>
>>
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Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>
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Hi,

Paul Zillmann wrote:
> I believe it's due to the license.

can't we have the equivalent of nonfree or some kind of switch?
The firmware is available for debian, gentoo most linux distributions I 
know as some BSDs. A kernel driver without firmware is ... a little user 
unfriendly.


> But you can find that file(s) in the Debian repositories under 
> /debian/config/ipw2x00/ in the tar file.
> Debian puts it under /lib/firmware/ipw2200-[bss/ibss].fw
> 
> http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20161130-3.debian.tar.xz 
> 


I unpacked put the files and now my wireless works! so it is "only" a 
matter of firmware.

Thanks

Riccardo


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Riccardo Mottola wrote:
 
>> I believe it's due to the license.
> can't we have the equivalent of nonfree or some kind of switch?
> The firmware is available for debian, gentoo most linux distributions
> I know as some BSDs. A kernel driver without firmware is ... a little
> user unfriendly.

It's not due to the license. There is linux-firmware-other that contains
non-free firmware for most cards, and ipw is simply not there sadly. 

There is a non-free directory in the aports tree:
https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/non-free

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