debian etch + hotplug + 2.6.22 Firmware error

dear users,

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replies.

currently iam running debian etch with a selfmade 2.6.22 kernel without!
udev and with the good old hotplug. (maybe this is the stombling block).

my ipw2100 card works very well before i changed from 2.6.18 to 2.6.22.

the error i get 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

firmware is present in /lib/firmware as well as in
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/

gianna:/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.1# ls -l /lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 209190 2004-09-27 17:26
/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3.fw
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 201138 2004-09-27 17:26
/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3-i.fw
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 196458 2004-09-27 17:26
/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3-p.fw

the link below shows the currently loaded modules on this computer:

http://rafb.net/p/wxrH1N63.html

any help is greatly appreciated

best regards

stefan

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