manually compile kernel 2.6.16.26 on dapper could not active ipw2200.[SLOVED]

[Wang Penghui]

This weekend, i have another try to make the Intel Pro/2200bg wireless
card workable in my thinkpad t42 notebook.

This time, i don't use the kernel from the http://www.kernel.org. I use
the the kernel source come from ubuntu repository.

linux-source-2.6.15

All the configuration just like before. After compile the bzImage and
install modules. I download the packages

ieee80211-1.1.14.tgz
ipw2200-1.1.0.tgz
ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz

from its offical websites

http://ipw2200.sf.net
http://ieee80211.sf.net

Then compile the ipw2200.ko manually.

After that, replace the original ipw2200.ko with the manually compiled
module.

Then extract the firewares to /lib/firmware/

After that reboot the notebook, everything works fine.

Best regards

Wang.

 On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:38:28 +0300, Michael F wrote:

> 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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