firmware loading

[Lee Connell]

Hi guys,

I'm having problems loading ipw2100 module.  when i modprobe ipw2100 and 
then do a dmesg, it says:

ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 0.54
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
ipw2100: 0000:02:02.0: Detected at mem: 0x90000000-0x90000FFF -> 22a08000, 
irq: 5
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: Using hotplug firmware load.
eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.2.fw' not available or load failed.
eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
divert: freeing divert_blk for eth1

I put the firmware in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware directory.  I then noticed 
that firmware.agent was looking in /lib/firmware.  I then placed the files 
in /lib/firmware and it worked.  I rebooted the system and updated to todays 
updates 9/28/04.  Not sure if the update did it or the reboot? but the 
firmware isn't loading again and i can't figure it out.  Anyone got some 
ideas on what I should try next?

Thanks,

Lee