Confirmed that the problem with firmware loading is because update- initramfs does not include the firmware in the initrd.
The attached patch to initramfs-tools lets the ipw2200 module load at boot time. I am not very happy about having to special-case this module but on the other hand it is no worse than the several dozen other special cases in initramfs. It really needs a generic way to sort out all these non-depmod special dependencies, most especially of all the firmware dependencies ! However I am not going to tackle such a major segment of work just a month before hardy is released. I'm sure all contributors to this and the half dozen other duplicates would be very grateful if you developers can get this fix in before the release though. ** Attachment added: "Patch to initramfs-tools" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13262454/ipw200-initramfs-firmware.diff -- ipw2200 driver fails to load firmware https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
