coul not upload firmware ("isl3890")

qotsa · 06-02-2006, 05:13 AM

Hi All,

I'm trying to set up my wireless card SMC2835W (made in china, prism54 firmware), on a Linux redhat enterprise (kernel 2.6.16) and I´m getting the following error "could not upload firmware ("isl3890")" when trying #ifconfig eth0 up.
The firmware is located in /usr/lib/firmware as it is established on the path of the firmware.agent file. Curiously the card works fine on a SLAX live cd, so what am I doing wrong.

Sorry for my poor english and thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
qotsa

Lenard · 06-03-2006, 05:31 AM

Wrong location, place (copy) the isl3890 firmware file in /lib/firmware

BTW; Your English is fine.

qotsa · 06-03-2006, 09:34 AM

I have placed the isl3890 file into the /lib/firmware directory, but I'm still getting the same error. #dmesg shows the following information

eth0: uploading firmware…
prism54: request_firmware() failed for ‘isl3890’
eth0: could not upload firmware (‘isl3890’)
....
SIOCSIFFLAGS : No such file or directory.

Could be the problem the firmware.agent file? which is the proper location for this file?

Thank you in advance
qotsa

BTW Lenard, thanks for your reply and your kindness. (Your english is good too, hehehe!

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Lenard · 06-03-2006, 12:14 PM

The location that works with mine is /lib/firmware, but you could also try the /usr/lib/hotplug or /etc/hotplug locations.

$ ls -al /lib/firmware/isl*
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 93996 Nov 3 2005 /lib/firmware/isl3890

$ uname -a
Linux Aspire5000 2.6.16.19 #1 Thu Jun 1 11:27:47 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

qotsa · 06-03-2006, 01:44 PM

Finally I came out with the problem, the sys directory wasn't mount. I mounted it in the fstab file as follows:

none /sys sysfs defaults 00

I'm wireless now!!!

but, what's this directory for?

Thank you in advance
qotsa

Lenard · 06-03-2006, 05:52 PM

Glad you got it figured out. The /sys[tem] or the 'new' /proc directory.

http://www.developertutorials.com/tu...503/page1.html

qotsa · 06-06-2006, 07:59 AM

I'm sorry for answering so late (girlfriend time), and thank you for your help and your wisdom.

qotsa

Lenard · 06-06-2006, 03:10 PM

It is more important to have girlfriend time then to be on the Internet.

You are welcome, glad to help.