Received: from libero.it (smtp-36.italiaonline.it [213.209.10.36]) by nld3-dev1.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA2B2780DB1 for <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:04:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.36] ([151.55.89.43]) by smtp-36.iol.local with ESMTPA id kVPkomzgn4CV3kVPkoOpUl; Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:04:41 +0200 x-libjamoibt: 1601 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=libero.it; s=s2021; t=1666033481; bh=o7otSxJ2p010sX6ZDkNrhS2LApMHEzNWpWyjaHxVKRs=; h=From; b=T9/Cm9UnbV3VcUWv8LS0Rc1WlQL4q44LFhf11/6QxL1ElJAJEk8k7sotaxyyEiNDz atl2//iCuCGBKcLgh3VsTbb8H2/Oia4wVqfAnDHtqk8B84hJxVguFWMywYG8DiGJ3H VyijOCS6pyCOrUHCiVKLVf+RByolQd4nnkllPmoc0A0bjOhzopBKd0NXLp4d7rKf2R +Zm6yxbQXYNjTxISZ7Humo+dq/C34BN4+MBwtH9OuQa+ehdNgHBQZ6gRhaZxjHPLIT EWkiRU5JyElyqsogoSOiPXD5+zXo9zA5lGgrrdZk1v4XGxwjt4RVHDuMdzt42TVPj7 uzJDBHjblz2ow== X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=BKF2EHcG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=634da749 cx=a_exe a=pGfzn5UA5rnG/cBYkY6yUw==:117 a=pGfzn5UA5rnG/cBYkY6yUw==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=FP58Ms26AAAA:8 a=xNf9USuDAAAA:8 a=oizSeU43AAAA:8 a=cxEBX75A92rJ0Zv8UckA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=e3OnmcNZ_X4A:10 a=-FEs8UIgK8oA:10 a=SEwjQc04WA-l_NiBhQ7s:22 a=--f0ejzjCxg0uU96nTny:22 Subject: Re: ipw2100 wifi card firmware To: Winston Weinert , ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org References: <005dc987-0461-9189-383e-d690b7686e96@ml1.net> From: Riccardo Mottola Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:07:11 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <005dc987-0461-9189-383e-d690b7686e96@ml1.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfOIxDDTeqIYu3ebyCoGb7VXAr+KDuR+3gqp8OZdRmA2R1ji2Np50vR6LUDWmfOfBwS1ZyAaWEqLpsH+f3JeXeRdXu4YTRtbeR3n4gGaZ2sAULnNZROt3 p1oECyKrUPzOzRHlHXsyh10L4dAAysdgpS9RSwUHWjZSuSK7ZKbPwl/PH62cCtdMHQiGgdFGYvfwpCpDWGYlCDz740fUJpQf73qEBrzuVrncnSDjiJhMgoKY l3MSa2c8iwSmLpfCrirTDw== Hi Winston, I was unable to download the firmware directly from sourceforge.net, my browser(s) continue to fail the accept test! However, I did as you suggested: got the Debian package, "ar x" and then tar the data file... put the firmware in /lib/firmware... and yes, my ThinkPad connects to the wireless, the WiFi LED lights up. I wonder why Alpine cannot have such a package? I have seen other non-free firmware (how much I hate that... a reason why I skipped all those "libre" distributions: without binary blobs a laptop is almost useless nowadays). May I ask an addition? Riccardo Winston Weinert wrote: > Hi Riccardo, > > I had this problem for a time (in 2020).  I was able to locate the > firmware via Debian and Upstream's websites. Then I copied the > firmware into my Alpine installation.  When I last looked Alpine > didn't offer this firmware in any package, so I think this might be > the fastest way to get it done without writing an APKBUILD. > > > Some helpful links: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2100/files/ipw2100/ > > https://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php > > https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/firmware-ipw2x00 > > https://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 > > > Regards, > > Winston > > https://winny.tech/ >