[Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

[Shea Levy]

I created https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2145

On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 07:34:50PM +1000, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> I've found the cause of my wireless woes with the TPLink TL-WN821NV2.
> Nixos is missing the firrmware
> 
> [ 4636.966046] usb 6-4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
> [ 4637.132322] usb 6-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=1002
> [ 4637.132335] usb 6-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> SerialNumber=48
> [ 4637.132342] usb 6-4: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> [ 4637.132347] usb 6-4: Manufacturer: ATHER
> [ 4637.132352] usb 6-4: SerialNumber: 12345
> [ 4638.515632] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> [ 4639.024077] usb 6-4: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
> [ 4639.180998] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170
> [ 4639.268331] usb 6-4: firmware not found.
> 
> The firmware can be found here.
> 
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#Firmware-1
> 
> So can someone file a bug against the carl9170 driver? If I just
> download this firmware, where does it go in Nixos?
> 
> Aloha,
> RK.
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