[Bug 1960839] Please test proposed package

[Timo Aaltonen]

Hello Mauricio, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into bionic-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-
firmware/1.173.21 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been
performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-
bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you,
please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will
not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

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Title:
  Missing firmware /lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg for ice driver

Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-firmware source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Missing firmware for Intel ICE driver on Bionic,
     which is supported by the HWE kernel from Focal.

  [Fix]

   * commit 9ae61e7d8658 ("ice: Add package file for Intel E800 series driver")
     brings the Bionic package in line with Focal (ice-1.3.4.0.pkg,LICENSE.ice)

  [Test Case]

   * Without firmware:

      ice 0000:98:00.0: firmware 5.4.5 api 1.7.6 nvm 2.40 0x8000706a 0.0.0 build 0x391f7640
      ice 0000:98:00.0: Direct firmware load for intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg failed with error -2
      ice 0000:98:00.0: The DDP package file was not found or could not be read. Entering Safe Mode
      ice 0000:98:00.0: Package download failed. Advanced features disabled - Device now in Safe Mode

   * With firmware:

      ice 0000:98:00.0: firmware 5.4.5 api 1.7.6 nvm 2.40 0x8000706a 0.0.0 build 0x391f7640
      ice 0000:98:00.0: The DDP package was successfully loaded: ICE OS Default Package version 1.3.4.0
      ice 0000:98:00.0: DCB is enabled in the hardware, max number of TCs supported on this port are 8
      ice 0000:98:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled, DCBx/LLDP in SW mode.

  [Where problems could occur]

   * Systems with devices managed by the ice driver on Bionic HWE kernel
  from Focal.

   * The firmware enables advanced features, increasing driver exposure
  and device activity.

   * This has been available on Focal, which helps with some chance of issues being hit and
     reported previously (e.g. bug 1939855, searched for 'kernel ice driver' on bugs.lp.net).

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