ipw2100 + Debian etch + Firmware trouble + 2.6.22

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Dear users,

since i moved from 2.6.18 to 2.6.22 my wlan interface stopped working.
At boot-time my hotplug system (no udev is installed! - because this
is not wanted) detects the ipw2100 card and tries to load the ipw2100
module. this task is timing out (after the 60seconds in
/sys/class/firmware/timeout). there is no change if i increase this
timeout to 100secs or more.

the error message in the kernel-ringbuffer is:

ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
ipw2100: eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.3.fw' not available or load failed.
ipw2100: eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
ipw2100: eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
ipw2100: eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
ipw2100Error calling register_netdev.
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled
ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5


The firmware is present in /lib/firmware as well as in
/usr/local/lib/firmware/

my wlan interface is ... attached to a ibm thinkpad t40:

02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B
Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)


any help is greatly appreciated

best regards

stefan
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