bug#23409: unable to load free firmware

[Quilro Ordonez]

Thank you for your help Alex. Below is my report.

El 2016-05-12 04:52, Alex Kost escribió:
> Quilro Ordonez (2016-05-11 22:01 +0300) wrote:
>
> > El 2016-05-05 03:42, Alex Kost escribió:
> > > Ludovic Courtès (2016-05-03 11:01 +0300) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Quilíro: firmware files are searched for in the directory specified 
> > > > in
> > > > the /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path pseudo-file (see the
> > > > (gnu
> > > > build activation) module.)
> > > >
> > > > Could you try, as root, something like (use the right package and
> > > > module
> > > > name below):
> > > >
> > > >   echo -n $(guix build b43-firmware-whatever)/lib/firmware \
> > > >      > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
> > > >   insmod b43-module-whatever-its-called
> > > >   dmesg | tail
> > > >
> > > > … and report back?
> >
> > Here it is:
> >
> > $ sudo bash
> > # export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=/home/quiliro/guix/packages
> > # echo -n $(guix build openfwwf-firmware) >
> > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
> > substitute: updating list of substitutes from
> > 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> > substitute: updating list of substitutes from
> > 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> > substitute: updating list of substitutes from
> > 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> > substitute: updating list of substitutes from
> > 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> > # cat /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
> > /gnu/store/xcxhd2r2h3iz0721vn6c5wfqkd0r4xc0-openfwwf-firmware-5.2
> > # insmod b43-open
> > insmod: ERROR: could not load module b43-open: No such file or 
> > directory
> > # echo -n $(guix build openfwwf-firmware)/lib/firmware >
> > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
> > # cat /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
> > /gnu/store/xcxhd2r2h3iz0721vn6c5wfqkd0r4xc0-openfwwf-firmware-5.2/lib/firmware
> > o# insmod b43-open
> > insmod: ERROR: could not load module b43-open: No such file or 
> > directory
>
> I have no idea what I suggest but did you try:
>
>   # insmod
> /gnu/store/xcxhd2r2h3iz0721vn6c5wfqkd0r4xc0-openfwwf-firmware-5.2/b43-open

# insmod 
/gnu/store/xcxhd2r2h3iz0721vn6c5wfqkd0r4xc0-openfwwf-firmware-5.2/b43-open
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module 
/gnu/store/xcxhd2r2h3iz0721vn6c5wfqkd0r4xc0-openfwwf-firmware-5.2/b43-open: 
Is a directory
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