[SRU][linux-firmware][PULL][F] Add iwlwifi firmware rev -59
Alex Tu
alex.tu at canonical.com
Tue Jul 27 07:57:04 UTC 2021
Yes, before this iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode firmware, the firmware
crash happens to the XPS 13 TGL with AX201 in the certification pool
With the iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode firmware, that firmware crash
issue does not happen to 5.10.0-1037-oem [1].
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/somerville/+bug/1933755/comments/10
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 8:18 PM Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:38:54AM +0800, You-Sheng Yang wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 3:55 AM Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 11:43:47PM +0800, You-Sheng Yang wrote:
> > > > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1934217
> > > >
> > > > [Impact]
> > > >
> > > > iwlwifi firmware crash under iperf stress tests: "Microcode SW error
> > > > detected. Restarting 0x0."
> > > >
> > > > [Fix]
> > > >
> > > > iwlwifi FWs from core56-54 release may fix this issue.
> > >
> > > I want to double check here, since the word "may" above sounds
> > > uncertain. You have reason to believe that the firmware update does in
> > > fact fix the crash, correct? I.e. testing, assurances from Intel, etc.
> >
> > I cannot reproduce similar firmware crashing issues myself.
> >
> > However, this can be reproduced easily by other teammates and verified
> > with machines from the cert pool. While this is already not the first
> > time we have such crashes that highly depend on the environment in
> > testing, and we're always recommended to use the highest firmware API
> > supported by kernel, I don't think I should keep blocking this by the
> > excuse that I don't have the right environment.
>
> Can be verified, or has been verified? I want to know that someone has
> done testing to confirm that the firmware fixes the crash, and will be
> able to do so when this update is in -proposed. I don't care whether
> that is you or someone else, but we don't do SRU updates based just on
> the hope that it will fix a problem.
>
> >
> > > >
> > > > [Test Case]
> > > >
> > > > This affects plenty of models:
> > > >
> > > > * iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-*:
> > > > - killer 1550*
> > > > - 9461/9462/9560
> > > > * iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-*:
> > > > - 9260
> > > > * iwlwifi-Q*-hr-b0-*:
> > > > - AX201
> > > > - AX1650*
> > > > * iwlwifi-Q*-jf-b0-*:
> > > > - 9560
> > > > * iwlwifi-cc-a0-*:
> > > > - AX200
> > > >
> > > > While -59 fw is only used by 5.11-hwe kernel in Focal, they are tested
> > > > only against hwe-5.11. For iwlwifi-9* fw, they are used by kernel since
> > > > 5.1, they're tested against 5.4/5.6/5.8 and 5.11 kernels.
> > > >
> > > > Test steps:
> > > > - Connect both DUTs to the 5G wifi AP
> > > > - on DUT 1
> > > > - $ iperf3 -s -B 192.168.50.188
> > > > - on DUT 2
> > > > - $ iperf3 -c 192.168.50.188 -B 192.168.50.91 -t 6000
> > > > - After about 30 mins the wifi crashed with firmware related error
> > > >
> > > > [Where problems could occur]
> > > >
> > > > We have little info about each update of firmware blobs. So far we only
> > > > know that their revisions match those claimed by kernel driver and we
> > > > did not find other issues under the tests.
> > > >
> > > > [Other Info]
> > > >
> > > > Groovy 5.8 kernel supports -58 at max, and Hirsute has this already. So
> > > > only Focal is nominated for hwe-5.11 kernel support. For 5.13-oem, -63
> > > > fw is being SRU-ed in bug 1933415.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > The following changes since commit b98bc920b5849d80b0b42eb6a581ac8a85265209:
> > > >
> > > > UBUNTU: Ubuntu-1.187.15 (2021-06-11 10:22:50 -0500)
> > > >
> > > > are available in the Git repository at:
> > > >
> > > > git://git.launchpad.net/~vicamo/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware bug-1934217/add-iwlwifi-59-firmware/focal-pull
> > > >
> > > > for you to fetch changes up to e2376a2a05ae2e2dc50ed7eb450473fe9bf96a40:
> > > >
> > > > iwlwifi: update and add new FWs from core56-54 release (2021-07-01 16:06:47 +0800)
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Luca Coelho (1):
> > > > iwlwifi: update and add new FWs from core56-54 release
> > > >
> > > > WHENCE | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > > > iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode | Bin 1462068 -> 1512096 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode | Bin 1463820 -> 1483116 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1300764 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1226208 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1300780 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1226224 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1299660 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1226064 bytes
> > > > iwlwifi-cc-a0-59.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1261280 bytes
> > > > 10 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode
> > > > create mode 100644 iwlwifi-cc-a0-59.ucode
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.31.1
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > You-Sheng Yang
>
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