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linux-firmware package

isl3886pci firmware not found after upgrade moved it to subdir

Bug #524713 reported by Karl Bielefeldt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Chase Douglas
linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Chase Douglas

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-firmware

When I upgraded from Karmic to Lucid 10.04 (linux-firmware version 1.29), the isl3886pci firmware is no longer found and loaded, causing my wireless card to not work.

This file was previously located in /lib/firmware directly. It is now located in /lib/firmware/prism54_softmac/isl3886pci. Creating a symbolic link from the new location back to /lib/firmware/isl3886pci corrects the problem for me. Although that's the simplest fix, it may make better sense to fix it in the kernel or the firmware helper in the udev package.

Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
tags: added: lucid regression-potential
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Kano (master-kanotix) wrote :

I have got also cards with that chip, please fix soon.

Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
status: New → Triaged
Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
Changed in linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

I have verified the issue, but I also realized that we don't have a license for the firmware files. I am working on removing the firmware from linux-firmware and putting the files into linux-firmware-nonfree.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.31

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linux-firmware (1.31) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Chase Douglas ]

  * Revert "firmware for prism54 kernel >=2.6.29"
    The prism54 softmac firmware does not have a license statement, so the
    firmware has been moved to linux-firmware-nonfree.
    -LP: #524713
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:31:46 -0700

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware-nonfree - 1.6

---------------
linux-firmware-nonfree (1.6) lucid; urgency=low

  * Moved prism54 firmware from linux-firmware to linux-firmware-nonfree due
    to missing license statement.
    -LP: #524713
 -- Chase Douglas <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:17 +0000

Changed in linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Janet (bugzilla-kerridis) wrote :

Please also fix the the description of the package linux-firmware-nonfree. It says it contains DVB drivers so I explicitly excluded it from my search for the missing prism54 firmware because DVB has nothing to do with WLAN.

Revision history for this message
Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

Janet,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'll make sure its more general going forward.

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