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linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 package

  1. Bug #134660
  2. Comment #145

Comment 145 for bug 134660

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Barrakketh (barrakketh) wrote :

I upgraded to the beta of Hardy to discover that Ralink's drivers don't work. The ones that come with the kernel don't work either with my Linksys WMP54G v4.1 (rt61). dmesg turned up several lines like these:

phy3 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2561.bin'.
phy3 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

There is a sticky in the rt2x00 forums that tells you to place the firmware files in /lib/firmware. The package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-generic places them in a subdirectory of /lib/firmware where the drivers can't find it.

The sticky says:

Hi,

The firmware location has changed according to new kernel firmware loading libs, from /etc/Wireless/RT61STA to /lib/firmware.
Please note that some linux distributions use /lib/firmware/<KERNEL_VERSION> as their default firmware location.

This is the first step of a few needed driver updates that unfortunately will break backward compatibility with existing user configs. Migrating to new standards will nevertheless be quite easy.