Hey thanks for the answer. No luck with changing the name of the microcode. ------------------------------------------ sent from my mighty Nexusone On Jul 24, 2011 6:57 p.m., "Srdjan Rakic" wrote: > - iwl4965: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 > > This error indicate a firmware version/filename mismatch. Just rename the > file to whatever iwlwifi displays in this case: iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode If this > fails, try an alternate version, perhaps > net-wireless/iwl4965-ucode-228.57.1.21. > The above is taken from Gentoo wiki troubleshoot section for iwlwifi > drivers. Try that in case you haven't already. > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 1:29 PM, modsrm wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> im having problems in getting my wifi card working with kernel 2.6.38 r6. >> >> I built the kernel with userspace firmware loading support, and with >> iwl3945 as a module. >> I can successfully load the module, but when i try to bring wlan0 up, >> kernel messages says "firmware file req failed: -2", which i guess means >> file not found, even though i did emerge the microcode the kernel is looking >> for, and the microcode file is in /lib/firmware. >> >> Am i missing some step? Do i have to run a daemon to load the microde? >> >> Thanks! >> Roberto >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> sent from my mighty Nexusone >>