[Buildroot] Firmware auto-loading does not work

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Guillaume" == Guillaume GARDET <- Oliséo <guillaume.gardet at oliseo.fr>> writes:

Hi,

 >> Can you confirm that it works if you enable that option.
 >> 

 > I get back the hardware for testing and it still does not work, even if I enable CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE=y :
 >     phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'.
 > and after 60 seconds, I get:
 >     phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
 >     phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Error is '-2'.

 > Whereas the firmware file is in /lib/firmware/

 > Any idea what could be wrong?

Not really. Please double check that you enabled
CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE in busybox. To debug further, I
suggest you stick some fprintf statements (E.G. to your serial port /
console) in mdev.c to see if it gets called and what is going on.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard