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Re: [Xen-users] firmware_helper error when booting Dom0 kernel

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] firmware_helper error when booting Dom0 kernel
From: "Zahid Anwar" <anwar@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:49:40 -0800
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Thanks Eric, your suggestion worked like a charm though it does seem
like a hackish way to do it. But if you think its a xen kernel bug
rather than my somehow making my initrd with incorrect paths then its
fine.

--Zahid

On 11/17/06, eric magaoay <ericm24x7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Zahid Anwar wrote:
> I am having some trouble with loading firmware drivers in Dom0 kernel.
> The error I am getting when Dom0 boots up is
>
> ----------
> ipw2100: Detected Intel Pro/Wireless
> firmware_helper error loading /lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3.fw for device
> /class/firmware/000:02:2.0 with driver ipw2100
> ----------
>
> This is the wireless nic driver of my thinkpad. It loads and works
> just fine in my original kernel. When I checked the path it was
> complaining about it was indeed not there but all the drivers seem to
> be in /lib/firmware/2.6.17-10-generic/ which is my original kernel's
> name.
>
> Why isn't there an entry for my new xen kernel here? I am guessing
> there should be something like /lib/firmware/2.6.16.29-xen/ here just
> like there are two entries under   /lib/modules. (2.6.16.29-xen  and
> 2.6.17-10-generic).
>
> I compiled xen-3.0.3_0-src.tar using make world, make install and
> install.sh.
> I created an initrd using mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.16.29-xen
> 2.6.16.29-xen using Ubuntu 6.10.
If the firmware for ipw2100 remain the same under 2.6.16.29 =>
2.6.17-10, you could simply copy (NOT move) the needed files in
/lib/firmware/2.6.17-10-generic/ => /lib/firmware . Again, it may or may
not work depending on whether the kernel module of ipw2100 has changed
between version .16 and .17

You may want to submit a bug report to insure that the next xen kernel
build for 2.6.17 has its firmware in  the proper location.

eric

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