manually compile kernel 2.6.16.26 on dapper could not active ipw2200.

[Michael F]

Try to copy the config file of your working kernel(config-version)
from /boot directory and copy it in the root of the linux source as
.config (probably cp /boot/config-2.6.15-26-686
/usr/src/linux/.config) and then configure the other devices.

On 7/27/06, Ylan Segal <ylan.segal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wang Penghui wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to use fb console in my thinkpad t42 notebook. So i download the
> > linux kernel 2.6.16.26 from http://www.kernel.org and compile it
> > manually.
> >
> > In the wireless section, i have enable the wireless support in the
> > kernel. But after install  the new kernel, i found that the intel 2200bg
> > wireless card could not workable anymore.
> >
> > There is the error message in the dmesg
> >
> > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> > ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
> > ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
> > ipw2200: failed to register network device
> >
> > I have googled this topic, and also read the manual on
> > http://ipw2200.sf.net
> >
> > And fount that i have to put the proper firmwares to the proper place.
> > And there are two major method to load the firmware files.
> > Hotplug and lencry.
>
> Hold it right there, I compiled a vanilla kernel from kernel.org without
> any problems and with a very similar wireless card. I did not have to do
> any hotplug or lencry stuff. I just made a symbolic link:
>
> ln -s /lib/firmware/2.6.15.25 /lib/firmware/2.6.16.26
>
> In this case 2.6.15.25 was the ubuntu stock kernel and 2.6.16.26 is your
> new vanilla kernel.
>
> (*NOTE*: I am not in my Ubuntu box and writing this from memory, the
> firmware files maybe are not in /lib/firmware, check before creating the
> link).
>
> After I rebooted, the firmware was found just fine and everything worked.
>
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