Bug 2016593

Summary: linus firmware upgrade breaks iwlwifi - can't find firmware
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andreas Schneider <asn>
Component: linux-firmwareAssignee: David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
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Description Andreas Schneider 2021-10-22 06:43:53 UTC 
Description of problem:

After the upgrade to iwl*-firmware of release 125 the iwlwifi driver isn't able to find a firmware:


[  107.597531] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[  107.599357] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599370] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-63.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599379] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-62.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599389] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-61.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599400] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-60.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599408] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599418] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-58.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599428] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-57.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599438] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-56.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599447] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-55.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599456] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-54.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599464] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-53.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599473] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-52.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599482] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599491] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-50.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599511] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-49.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599520] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-48.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599529] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-47.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599537] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-46.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599546] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599554] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599564] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-43.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599573] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599582] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-41.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599591] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599600] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[  107.599601] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[  107.599602] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-39
[  107.599603] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64
[  107.599604] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git


Downgrading to release 119 fixes wifi.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iwl*-firmware  *-125.fc34

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade the firmware drivers on Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen8.
2. Reboot

Actual results:
iwlwifi can't find device firmware

Expected results:
iwlwifi loads device firmware

Additional info:
How do I find out what wifi hardware I have? `iw phy0 info` doesn't help.
Comment 1 Peter Robinson 2021-10-22 08:49:22 UTC 
Do you have weak deps disabled? If so you'll have to install iwlax2xx-firmware

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2010250 ***