Bug 112735

Summary:	Intel PRO 2200BG: firmware can't be loaded on system start
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Tim Ehlers <tim>
Component:	Network	Assignee:	Dr. Werner Fink <werner>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Beta 2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i386
OS:	All
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Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Tim Ehlers 2005-08-24 15:07:47 UTC

Booting the system:   
   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: module not supported by Novell, setting   
U taint flag.   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network   
Driver, 1.0.6   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel   
Corporation   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG   
Network Connection   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: ipw-2.3-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device   
Aug 24 16:48:07 linux kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:04.0 failed with error   
-5   
   
after boot by hand:   
   
modprobe -r ipw2200  
modprobe ipw2200  
rcnetwork start  
  
in /var/log/messages:  
Aug 24 16:50:14 linux kernel: ipw2200: module not supported by Novell, setting 
U taint flag. 
Aug 24 16:50:14 linux kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network 
Driver, 1.0.6 
Aug 24 16:50:14 linux kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel 
Corporation 
Aug 24 16:50:14 linux kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 
Network Connection 
 
after that Interface is there and working.

Comment 1 Tim Ehlers 2005-08-24 15:29:53 UTC

Relict from 9.3-Update:  
  
cat /etc/sysconfig/kernel | grep ipw 
MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="ipw2200" 
 
This seems not to work anymore, but was inserted by hand in 9.3. 
 
When this is removed, its works on boot again.