Config Linux BIOS: Is it possible (Re: [OLPC-devel] DOS in Windows Flash Disaster Recovery Utility?

Tue Sep 5 23:38:56 EDT 2006

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>usbcore: deregistering driver usb8xxx
>request_firmware() failed, error code = 0xfffffffe
>usb8388.bin not found in /lib/firmware
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>unregister_netdevice: device eth%d/c4470000 never was registered

Fix this and your wireless may start working.

>From the Release notes:

The Marvell firmware is not yet included in the distribution, but must
be separately installed. The firmware [1] should be downloaded and
installed as the file /lib/firmware/usb8388.bin.

[1] http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=160&pId=38

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Richard A. Smith