wifi 4965AGN - iwlwifi system LED's blinking and hang - P205-S6267

There are 3 parts for wifi to work:
- mac80211 subsystem must be installed
- tar xvf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz (firmware)
- iwlwifi-1.2.23.tgz (driver)

Fixed by using mac80211-8.0.1 instead of mac80211-10.0.0, the lastest version of MAC802.11 has bugs causing the crash.
http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=howto-iwlwifi
-----------------------Build mac80211 for kernel
% wget \
http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-10.0.4.tgz
% tar xvf mac80211-10.0.4.tgz
mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT
mac80211-10.0.4/origin/net/mac80211/Makefile
...
% cd mac80211-10.0.4
% make
Building modified version in 'modified/' directory:
Copying modified/ from origin/...done
Applying patches and scripts from pending/.
+ Applying: pending/14-d46...0bb780bba2b5db.patch
...
% make patch_kernel <-- You need to be root for this
Patching from compatible/ to /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r6/build/:
+ Replaced 43 files
% cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build
% make menuconfig...
Networking --->
Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (dscape)
...
% make modules && make modules_install
% make all
% make install
% modprobe mac80211
----------------------Firmware
For Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN users:
% wget \
http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
% tar xvf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
% cp iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/
For Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection users:
% wget \
http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.4.tgz
% tar xvf iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.4.tgz
% cp iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.4/iwlwifi-3945.ucode /lib/firmware/
-----------------------Driver
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http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1477


------- Additional Comment #1 From Zhu Yi 2007-09-24 20:51 [reply] -------
1.1.0 (stable) or 0.1.16 (development) fix the problem.


% wget \
http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.1.0.tgz
% tar xvf iwlwifi-1.1.0.tgz
% cd iwlwifi-1.1.0
% make
% make install
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Toshiba_Satellite_P200-141
# Install mac80211
tar xvf mac80211-8.0.X.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.X
make
# Patch the kernel
make patch_kernel
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
# Enable Networking/Improved wireless configuration API/
# Enable Networking/Improved wireless configuration API/cfg80211 Wireless Extensions compatibility
# Enable Networking/Improved wireless configuration API/ nl80211 new netlink interface support
# Enable Networking/Improved wireless configuration API/
# Enable Networking/Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (dscape)
# Maybe disable Device Drivers/ Network device support/Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)/Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink
make
make modules_install
update-modules
# reboot your system with the new kernel
# Install the microcode
wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.14.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.14.tgz
cp -a iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.14/* /lib/firmware/
# Install the module
tar xvf iwlwifi-0.0.X.tgz
cd iwlwifi-0.0.X
make
make install
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