On Monday, 24 June 2024 14:43:38 CEST Leith Bade wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 at 22:10, Leith Bade <le...@bade.nz> wrote:
> > > After inspecting the /lib/firmware directory, it seems the APT package
> > >
> >> > "firmware-misc-nonfree" has firmware for older MediaTek chips, but is
> >> > missing files for ant MT79xx including MT7981 and MT7986.
> >>
> >> d1c24e6cfa18 ("mediatek: Synchronize with 20230625's WHENCE file")
> >> added those files and has been released to *experimental* in version
> >> 20230625-3~exp2. You'd need the firmware-mediatek package though.
> >
> > Thanks for finding this. The various firmware packages and their differing
> > names is highly confusing. I wonder if there is some sort of script that
> > can go find the right packages for your initrd.``apt-file search <filename|path>`` is the usual way to find which file is in what package > So I removed linux-firmware-upstream, then installed firmware-mediatek > from experimental, then did an update-initramfs. After rebooting the WiFi > is still working. Cool :) > What other testing is required before this can make its way into unstable? I don't know; that's up to the kernel team. (The above mentioned commit is from me as well as the commit that split out the mediatek firmware into its own package, but I'm not part of the team)
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