[SRU][M:linux-firmware][PULL] [Intel AX201] Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-83.ucode failed with error -2 (LP: #2042716)

Juerg Haefliger juerg.haefliger at canonical.com
Tue Nov 14 08:45:56 UTC 2023


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2042716

[Impact]

Wifi is not functional.

[Fix]

Cherry-pick relevant FW files.

[Where Problems Could Occur]

Only machines with relevant Wifi HW is affected. Potential crashes and hangs dues to bad FW.

[Summary]
I just upgraded my pc from 23.04 to 23.10,
and found that my wifi was dead, turn out it's because the firmware load failed.

[Reproduce Steps]
1. Upgrade 23.04 to 23.10

[Results]
Expected: firmware can be loaded
Actual: firmware load failed

[Additional Information]
1. The firmware can be loaded successfully in 23.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: linux-firmware 20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-10.10-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Nov  4 16:58:00 2023
Dependencies: firmware-sof-signed 2.2.6-1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-09 (268 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
MachineType: {report['dmi.sys.vendor']} {report['dmi.product.name']}
ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-10-generic root=UUID=d2e4673c-e5fe-4a04-8647-bc56a5fa2a08 ro quiet splash nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-6.5.0-10-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-6.5.0-10-generic  N/A
 linux-firmware                            20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.1
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-11-04 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/06/2023
dmi.bios.release: 8.9
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0809
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: PRIME Z790-P WIFI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0809:bd01/06/2023:br8.9:svnASUS:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnPRIMEZ790-PWIFI:rvrRev1.xx:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.sku: SKU
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS

Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at proton.me>

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The following changes since commit 387c2bd0ad70b04df0c3ffea75e25b08f406e4fc:

  UBUNTU: Ubuntu-20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.2 (2023-10-10 11:48:12 +0200)

are available in the Git repository at:

  https://git.launchpad.net/~juergh/+git/linux-firmware lp2042716/mantic

for you to fetch changes up to 3b427d9541fc716992b4016b387433ae76249ab2:

  iwlwifi: add a missing FW from core80-39 release (2023-11-06 15:54:20 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Gregory Greenman (2):
      iwlwifi: add new FWs from core81-65 release
      iwlwifi: add a missing FW from core80-39 release

 WHENCE                        |  15 +++++++++++++++
 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode  | Bin 0 -> 1737644 bytes
 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm      | Bin 55580 -> 55580 bytes
 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf4-a0-84.ucode | Bin 0 -> 1709900 bytes
 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf4-a0.pnvm     | Bin 28064 -> 28064 bytes
 iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-83.ucode  | Bin 0 -> 1552480 bytes
 iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-84.ucode  | Bin 0 -> 1549088 bytes
 iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode  | Bin 0 -> 1676912 bytes
 iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm      | Bin 55484 -> 55484 bytes
 9 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode
 create mode 100644 iwlwifi-so-a0-gf4-a0-84.ucode
 create mode 100644 iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-83.ucode
 create mode 100644 iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-84.ucode
 create mode 100644 iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode



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