Public bug reported: Currently we have iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode and iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucode in Xenial, and iwlwifi ask for -19 for certain cards.
[ 6.725276] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-19.ucode failed with error -2 [ 6.725289] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 [ 6.725309] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-18.ucode failed with error -2 [ 6.725320] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 [ 6.725340] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-17.ucode failed with error -2 [ 6.725351] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 [ 6.737599] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 [ 6.739219] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version 16.242414.0 op_mode iwlmvm [ 7.620858] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260, REV=0x208 With newer iwlwifi (in new kernel or backport-iwlwifi), it will ask for -22 and -21: [ 6.724373] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-21.ucode failed with error -2 [ 6.725213] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 [ 6.725242] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-20.ucode failed with error -2 [ 6.725255] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2 There are only -21 and -22 in upstream, we should pull them in for upcoming hwe kernels. Yakkety is not affected since it already has -21 and -22. ** Affects: hwe-next Importance: Undecided Assignee: Jesse Sung (wenchien) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Jesse Sung (wenchien) Status: In Progress ** Tags: originate-from-1641555 tuchuck ** Tags added: originate-from-1641555 tuchuck ** Changed in: hwe-next Assignee: (unassigned) => Jesse Sung (wenchien) ** Changed in: hwe-next Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641817 Title: iwlwifi asks for newer firmware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1641817/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs