[Bug 200509] Re: iwl4965: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000

[Brett]

I tried this fix and it didn't fix my wireless problems with the 4965
driver.  *sighs*

Brett Ussher

Philipp Ehses wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> sorry, I wasn't aware of the licensing issue.
>
> The firmware comes from openSuSE 11.1. I did a quick search and found
> out that they are included in the following (rpm) packages:
>
> iwl3945-ucode
> iwl4965-ucode
> iwl5000-ucode
>
> zypper info returns this (shortened)::
>
> Name: iwl3945-ucode
> Version: 15.28.1.8-1.7
>
> Name: iwl4965-ucode
> Version: 228.57.2.23-1.1.1
>
> Name: iwl5000-ucode
> Version: 5.4.A.11-2.9
>
>
> I had a quick look in the README and LICENSE files which come with the firmware, and it seems that redistribution is allowed as long as the binaries are unchanged and the license files are attached (which I can easily provide, or we can just get the rpm packages which include them as well). Here's an excerpt:
>
> Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without
> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
> met:
>
> * Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
>   following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
>   provided with the distribution.
> * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its suppliers
>   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
>   without specific prior written permission.
> * No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software
>   is permitted.
>
>   

-- 
Brett D. Ussher

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iwl4965: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting 0x2000000
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