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linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 package

  1. Bug #276990
  2. Comment #99

Comment 99 for bug 276990

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Tom Jaeger (thjaeger) wrote : Re: [Bug 276990] Re: iwlagn causes kernel panic on 802.11n wifi

Christophe Dumez wrote:
> Yes. I confirm that I did not have any kernel panic on Hardy with hardy
> kernel. Then, when I upgraded to Intrepid, I started to experience
> kernel panics. Thus, I tried to use Hardy kernel on intrepid but I
> experienced kernel panics anyway. This is odd but true.
>
 The reason is that in intrepid, the firmware was moved from the
linux-ubuntu-modules to the linux-firmware package, and even if you boot
the hardy kernel, its iwl4965 module will still use the new firmware.