[CentOS] Intel wireless firmware

Ron Loftin

reloftin at twcny.rr.com
Sun Oct 30 00:23:20 UTC 2011


On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 23:12 +0100, Ned Slider wrote:
> On 29/10/11 23:04, Ned Slider wrote:
> > On 29/10/11 18:41, Ron Loftin wrote:
> >>
> >> This may not be the best place to ask, but Google hasn't given me any
> >> useful information.
> >>
> >> I have an "older" laptop that is using the Intel 2200 wireless
> >> interface.  I installed CentOS 5 on it some time ago and everything is
> >> fine.  When I was reviewing my kickstart setups I found that the ipw2200
> >> firmware package is no longer available in RPMForge.  The CentOS site's
> >> how-to page for this interface still refers to RPMForge, so that now
> >> seems out of date.
> >>
> >> What happened to the Intel firmware packages on RPMForge and where else
> >> should I be looking for them ?  I tried ELRepo and didn't see them
> >> there.
> >>
> >
> > They are not currently in elrepo because no one has ever requested them,
> > they were in rpmforge, and they are now old/legacy and unmaintained. I
> > didn't realise they were no longer available from rpmforge.
> >
> > File an RFE and I'll get them added for you.
> >
> >> Suggestions and pointers are welcome, and thanks in advance.
> >>
> >
> 
> I'm not sure why they're not showing up on rpmforge as the package is 
> still showing in their git tree:
> 
> https://github.com/repoforge/rpms/tree/master/specs/ipw2200-firmware
> 
> Maybe you should ask / file an issue with repoforge.
> 

I don't see a way to file an issue on the repoforge Web site.  I just
filed an RFE with ELRepo to ask for this.

Thanks for the advice.

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Ron Loftin                      reloftin at twcny.rr.com

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