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linux-restricted-modules package

  1. Bug #268721
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 268721

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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote : Re: [intrepid alpha 5] ipw2200 driver breaks in latest intrepid release

I've just ran into the same problem updating my Intrepid to latest kernel. I was using 2.6.27-7 for some time, and updating to latest 2.6.27- raised this problem after reboot.

The strange point is, now the only kernel that works is the old 2.6.24-21-generic: I also have 2.6.27-4, 2.6.27-6 and 2.6.27-7 installed and they don't work now. linux-restricted-modules-VERSION-generic is installed for each of these kernels.

There does not appear to be any firmware for 2.6.27 kernel (did they use to be present ?!):
$ find /lib/firmware/ -name *ipw2200*
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/ipw2200-bss.fw
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/ipw2200-sniffer.fw
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/ipw2200-ibss.fw

Here's the relevant update log that broke WiFi support:
linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.10) to 2.6.27-7.11
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.9) to 2.6.27-7.12
linux-restricted-modules-common (2.6.27-7.9) to 2.6.27-7.12
linux-restricted-modules-generic (2.6.27.7.8) to 2.6.27.7.9