Re: [gentoo-user] getting firmware for orinoco pcmcia card

[Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>]

At Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:02 -0500 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote:
>> I am installing gentoo on an old machine without wireless builtin.
>>
>> I have a hermes/orinoco pcmcia card that works fine.  Indeed the
>> wireless "works fine", but is not right.
>>
>> When booting there is a very long delay at the net.eth1 and the system
>> wants the agere_sta_fw.bin firmware.  If you wait it out, it eventually
>> proceeds and the wireless works.  I assume I should be getting the
>> firmware, but I don't know from where.  I did emerge the orinoco-fwutils
>> but that doesn't have firmware or say where to get it.
>
> You have to find and download the windows drivers for your device and
> extract the firmware out of them, then rename it and put it in
> /lib/firmware. See here:
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/orinoco#device_firmware
>
> A google search turned up this firmware link:
> http://marc.info/?l=orinoco-devel&m=121078835610877&q=p3

First and foremost, thanks.

Ouch.  I see from your web page that for wpa I do need the firmware.  I
may try to limp along without the firmware.  As I mentioned the card
does work but delay booting by minutes.

Thanks again,
allan